[Debconf-devel] Bug#681893: debconf should create /var/cache/debconf if it doesn't exist

Marco d'Itri md at Linux.IT
Sun Jun 20 09:12:01 BST 2021


On Jul 17, Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann at gmail.com> wrote:

> debconf should silently create the /var/cache/debconf directory instead
I do not believe that this is true, and it is definitely not generally 
true because not all programs accessing /var/cache/$something/ do that 
with root privileges.
So, while it is expected that files may disappear at any time from 
/var/cache/ the structure of subdirectories should be preserved.

-- 
ciao,
Marco
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