Bug#387699: exim4: Should create /var/run/exim4/ if it is missing

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Andreas Metzler]
> Hello,
> apt-file (and packages.d.o) will not help you, as Contents* only lists
> files but not directories. I have used dpkg on merkel's mirror to
> check for packages shipping /var/run or a subdirectory of /var/run in
> the deb.

Great.  Thank you.  How did you do this?  I would like to do the same
for etch and sid.

> In sarge/main/i386+all there are 156 packages shipping /var/run and
> a subset of 138 packages ships a subdirectory of /var/run. The lists
> are on merkel:~ametzler/sargewithrun*

Thanks.  I'm now going throught the packages used on my system, and
will start on that list soon, to check which packages are affected.