Re: /run and needing a --rundir for configure

[Eric Blake]

On 09/12/2013 12:43 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 12/09/2013 00:12, Karl Berry ha scritto:
>> rms wants --varrundir instead of --rundir for the option name.  I expect
>> there will be objections to that name because of wanting to use /run.
> 
> Not really because of that, more because the GNU Coding Standards use
> --localstatedir rather than --vardir.
> 
>> Other ideas?
> 
> What about --runstatedir or --runtimestatedir?

I like it.  --runstatedir seems reasonable to me; especially along the
lines of naming the option by WHY it exists rather than WHAT directory
name is typically used for that option.

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