Re: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR Problem

[David <bouncingcats@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 at 12:26, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed 06 Jul 2022 at 11:23:00 (+1000), David wrote:
>   [ … ]
> > Then I tried to look for the name of the package that your system
> > might be missing ...
> >
> > $ locate pam_systemd.so
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> >
> > $ ll /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 455392 2022-03-21 06:55
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> >
> > $ dpkg -S /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> >
> > I don't know why that fails.
>
> $ dpkg -S /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> $ dpkg -S /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> libpam-systemd:amd64: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_systemd.so
> $
>
> It's a consequence of merged /usr, aka usrMerge, where dpkg installs
> a file under /lib (the old regime), but the new canonical location is
> under /usr/lib (because /lib is now merely a symlink into /usr).

Ahhh yes, I forgot that one :)

Cheers