Bug#532120: Require support for temporary /var/run/ and /var/lock in all packages
user debian-policy@packages.debian.org
usertag 532120 = normative
tags 532120 patch
severity 532120 normal
merge 532120 620870
thanks
Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> writes:
> The wording of Policy 9.3.2's
> /var/run and /var/lock may be mounted as temporary filesystems[60], so the
> init.d scripts must handle this correctly.
> only applies to init.d scripts. But init.d scripts are not the only scripts
> using /var/run. Bug#452198 is not RC if you apply this rule only to init.d
> scripts, because it provides no init.d script.
> Therefore, I propose to change the requirement so that all packages must
> support /var/run/ and /var/lock/ on temporary filesystems, and not only
> those which provide an init script.
My patch for #620870 also handles this (by adding a separate section and
referring to it from the init script section), so merging accordingly.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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