Re: /var/lock

["Valeriy E. Ushakov" <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 23:41:00 +0100, Adam Hamsik wrote:
> Subject: Re: /var/lock
> From: Adam Hamsik <haaaad%gmail.com@localhost>
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 23:41:00 +0100
> Cc: source-changes-d%NetBSD.org@localhost
> To: Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>
> 
> 
> On Jan,Tuesday 4 2011, at 8:56 AM, Alan Barrett wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 04 Jan 2011, Adam Hamsik wrote:
> >> I would like to have something persistent between reboots. I
> >> have found that we already have /var/spool/lock. Therefore
> >> /var/spool/lock/lvm/ seems to be might preferred place. Do you agree ?
> > 
> > I had forgotten about /var/spool/lock; it's been a long time since I
> > used UUCP.  Given that it exists, /var/spool/lock/lvm seems fine.
> > 
> >> Also /var/spool/lock is not mentioned in hier.
> > 
> > That should be fixed.
> 
> Ok I will change it to /var/spool/lock/lvm tomorrow and I will update 
> hier to mention those directories, too. Is that ok ? 

IMO, no.  As I explained upthread, our /var/spool/lock is specifically
for uucp, see its permissions.

Please don't create /var/spool/lock/lvm

-uwe