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bug#64775: /run should be cleaned on boot
From: |
Saku Laesvuori |
Subject: |
bug#64775: /run should be cleaned on boot |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Jul 2023 23:24:17 +0300 |
> > I vote for TMPFS, since that would also reduce flash wear.
> > Honestly I don't get why it's not already using TMPFS.
>
> One argument could be how much ram it takes:
>
> $ du -sc /run/*
> 12 /run/blkid
> 0 /run/booted-system
> 0 /run/current-system
> 1312 /run/setuid-programs
> 524 /run/udev
> 1848 total
>
> That is with no explicit setuid programs configured, on a machine with a
> fairly minimal configuration.
>
> Not a *huge* amount of ram, but not nothing, either...
I'd say it's effectively nothing for almost all devices capable of
running Guix. On my laptop the size of /run is 4804 (4.7M). In a quick
test one terminal window with only zsh running in it took almost 10
times as much ram.
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