Bug#514326: debian-policy: fhs-2.3 doesn't specify that /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile ref rcS(5)

To: Tim Small <tim@buttersideup.com>, 514326@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#514326: debian-policy: fhs-2.3 doesn't specify that /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile ref rcS(5)
From: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:49:58 +0000
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Reply-to: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>, 514326@bugs.debian.org
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Tim Small writes ("Bug#514326: debian-policy: fhs-2.3 doesn't specify that /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile ref rcS(5)"):
> "
> It should not be assumed that the contents of this directory will
> persist after a system reboot.
> "

I second this suggestion.  Does Tim's proposed phrasing make it clear
enough that all subdirectory structure may vanish ?

Thanks,
Ian.

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  - From: Tim Small <tim@buttersideup.com>

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