Bug#679751: Patch to close out this bug

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:

> During DebConf, Russ and I reviewed this bug and believe that the only
> remaining issue is to document /nonexistent.  So I am seeking seconds
> for the following patch.

> diff --git a/policy/ch-opersys.rst b/policy/ch-opersys.rst
> index e4ed008..7d9e20a 100644
> --- a/policy/ch-opersys.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-opersys.rst
> @@ -296,6 +296,18 @@ The UID and GID numbers are divided into classes as follows:
>      ``(uid_t)(-1) == (gid_t)(-1)`` *must not* be used, because it is the
>      error return sentinel value.
>  
> +.. _s-nonexistent:
> +
> +Non-existent home directories
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The canonical non-existent home directory is ``/nonexistent``.  Users
> +who should not have a home directory should have their home directory
> +set to this value.
> +
> +The Debian autobuilders set HOME to ``/nonexistent`` so that packages
> +which try to write to a home directory will fail to build.
> +
>  .. _s-sysvinit:
>  
>  System run levels and ``init.d`` scripts

Seconded.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>