Bug#945269: debian-policy: packages should use tmpfiles.d(5) to create directories below /var
As usual, the things I notice only after I post text, even though I'd
already read it several times.
Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:
> +Volatile and temporary files (``tmpfiles.d``)
> +---------------------------------------------
> +
> +Some packages require empty directories, files with trivial content (such
> +as short fixed strings), or symlinks in ``/var`` or ``/etc`` to implement
> +their functionality.
Luca carefully worded this to avoid talking about files in /etc, and then
I lost that distinction. I now have:
Some packages require empty directories in ``/var`` or ``/etc``, or
symlinks or files with trivial content in ``/var``, to implement their
functionality.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
Reply to: