[PATCH v1 1/1] tools: env: use /run to store lockfile

[CHLI30 at nuvoton.com]

Hi Tom,

Is this commit valuable to merge into u-boot upstream?
Thanks your reviewing, just ping this event friendly.

Best regards,
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2023 11:30 PM
To: Tim Lee <timlee660101 at gmail.com>
Cc: sjg at chromium.org; CS20 CHLi30 <CHLI30 at nuvoton.com>; u-boot at lists.denx.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] tools: env: use /run to store lockfile

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 05:05:39PM +0800, Tim Lee wrote:

> According this issue https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/issues/339.
> Eventually, the dt-utils changed lock directory to fix missing
> /var/lock directory error then make dt-utils can run normally.
>
> We also have a similar issue with these two utilities fw_printenv and
> fw_setenv will failed when the directory /var/lock is non-existent.
>
> We have a custom linux distribution built with yocto (OpenBMC) that
> use systemd and it deprecated the /var/lock directory.
> More discussion in systemd/systemd#15668.
>
> Thus, we sync with community's solution for uboot/tools/env utilities:
> The current location /var/lock is considered legacy (at least by systemd).
> Just use /run to store the lockfile and append the usual .lock suffix.
>
> Tested:
> Verified /run/lock is now present and fw_printenv can work in OpenBMC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Lee <timlee660101 at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>

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Tom
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