What's this /run directory doing on my system and where does it come from?

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 03/30/2011 02:10 PM, Michał Piotrowski wrote:
> 2011/3/30 Ralf Corsepius<rc040203 at freenet.de>:
>> On 03/30/2011 01:54 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
>>> Heya,
>>>
>>> I just uploaded a new version of systemd into F15, which establishes a
>>> directory /run in the root directory. Most likely you'll sooner or later
>>> stumble over it, so here's an explanation what this is and why this is.
>>>
>>> It's a fairly minor technical change,
>> It's a massive FHS violation
> FHS has 7 years, must be updated.
>
>> =>  release blocker.
> Flame! :D
No, it's a no-go/no-way in most verbose form.