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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: debian-policy: Please clarify important restriction on use of /run
- From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:20:40 +0100
- Message-id: <20120607192040.19041.14486.reportbug@ravenclaw.codelibre.net>
Package: debian-policy
Severity: important
Tags: patch
It's come to my attention that some developers are using /run
without a versioned initscripts dependency, which will break
upgrades from squeeze. They have been doing this because the
wording of Policy makes it sound like /var/run and /var/lock
are being replaced by /run and /run/lock, and they have then
replaced their use of e.g. /var/run with /run without reading
further.
The attached patch documents the requirement for a versioned
initscripts dependency in order to use /run correctly. While
Policy is possibly not the place for such guidance, people are
just reading policy and blindly using it, which is bad.
I've also updated the upgrading-checklist for those who just
skim it.
Thanks,
Roger
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (550, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (400, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>From de9d15e612e6d4344032560e5d49a2dbf2368274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:15:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document restrictions on use of /run for wheezy
---
policy.sgml | 10 ++++++++++
upgrading-checklist.sgml | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 52dbb26..7a84003 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -6281,6 +6281,16 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.<var>package</var> debian/<var>package</var>/DEBIAN/
in <file>/run</file> should be stored on a temporary
file system.
</p>
+ <p>
+ Note that for the wheezy release, <file>/run</file>
+ may not be used without a depends on <tt>initscripts
+ (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)</tt>. Without this
+ dependency, <file>/run</file> is not guaranteed to
+ exist or to be writable. Please refer to the
+ detailed guidance on
+ the <url id="http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory";
+ name="Debian wiki">.
+ </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 7527e53..8f2f902 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ Released February, 2012.
directories apply to these directories as well. Backward compatibility
links will be maintained and packages need not switch to
referencing <file>/run</file> directly yet. Files in <file>/run</file>
- should be stored in a temporary file system.
+ should be stored in a temporary file system. Note that for the wheezy
+ release, <file>/run</file> may not be used without a depends on
+ <tt>initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)</tt>. Without this dependency,
+ <file>/run</file> is not guaranteed to exist or to be writable.
+ Please refer to the detailed guidance on the
+ <url id="http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory";
+ name="Debian wiki">.
</item>
<tag>9.1.4</tag>
<item>New section spelling out the requirements for packages that use
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1.7.10
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.9.4.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 676561@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.4.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 374029 571776 591791 641153 654958 661816 661933 663918 670429 676561
Changes:
debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
(Closes: #374029)
* Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
* Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Closes: #661933
* Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #663918
* Policy: Document the Built-Using field
Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
Closes: #641153
* Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Closes: #654958
* Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #676561
* Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Closes: #571776
* Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Closes: #591791
* Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Closes: #661816
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