[ovs-dev] [RFC] lib/automake.mk: remove runtime directories

Markos Chandras mchandras at suse.de
Thu Mar 9 15:42:39 UTC 2017


Hi Aaron,

On 03/09/2017 03:35 PM, Aaron Conole wrote:
> The Open vSwitch run, log, and DB directories are installed as part of the
> normal `make install` process.  However, this means they are created with
> user and group ownership that may conflict with the desired user.  For
> example, running `make install` as root will install those files as
> root:root, whereas the runtime user desired may be openvswitch:openvswitch.
> 
> Since these directories are automatically created as part of the ovs-ctl
> command, and with the correct user:group permissions, it makes sense to
> delay creation until these directories are actually required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole at redhat.com>

It looks reasonable to me. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Markos Chandras <mchandras at suse.de>

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