Bug#514326: debian-policy: fhs-2.3 doesn't specify that /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile ref rcS(5)
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 02:32:20PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> The code that tends to suffer from this problem is init scripts, and so
> I think it would be sensible to add a requirement in that section of the
> policy manual proper. Here's a suggested patch (note that this adds a
> new "must"; other policy editors, is that a problem? I'd be happy to
> downgrade to a "should" if people are uncomfortable with it):
Oh, for the record, this patch is derived from text I wrote for the
Ubuntu Policy Manual.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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