Bug#675857: [pulseaudio] Hidden runtime cookie file and folder created in /

[Ariel Garcia (SCC)]

Package: pulseaudio
Version: 2.0-3
Severity: minor

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The pulsaudio daemon is creating a cookie file and a runtime folder in the root 
of the filesystem:

drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 19 20:01 /.pulse
-rw------- 1 root root  256 May  7 22:40 /.pulse-cookie

This goes against the Linux FHS and accepted usage (IMHO :-), those run files 
should rather be created in /run, or otherwise in /var/{lib,run,lock} etc

--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 3.3.1

Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  990 testing         security.debian.org 
  990 testing         ftp.de.debian.org 
  950 unstable        www.debian-multimedia.org 
  950 testing         www.debian-multimedia.org 
  800 unstable        ftp.de.debian.org 
  700 experimental    ftp.de.debian.org 
  500 unstable        lcg-heppkg.web.cern.ch 
  500 stable          dl.google.com 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                                       (Version) | Installed
=======================================================-+-
=======================
libasound2                                (>= 1.0.24.1) | 1.0.25-3
libc6                                          (>= 2.9) | 2.13-32
libcap2                                       (>= 2.10) | 1:2.22-1
libdbus-1-3                                  (>= 1.1.1) | 1.5.12-1
libfftw3-3                                              | 3.3.2-1
libgcc1                                    (>= 1:4.1.1) | 1:4.7.0-8
libice6                                    (>= 1:1.0.0) | 2:1.0.8-2
libltdl7                                     (>= 2.4.2) | 2.4.2-1
liborc-0.4-0                              (>= 1:0.4.16) | 1:0.4.16-2
libpulse0                                     (= 2.0-3) | 2.0-3
libsamplerate0                               (>= 0.1.7) | 0.1.8-4
libsm6                                                  | 2:1.2.1-2
libsndfile1                                 (>= 1.0.20) | 1.0.25-4
libspeexdsp1                         (>= 1.2~beta3.2-1) | 1.2~rc1-5
libstdc++6                                   (>= 4.1.1) | 4.7.0-8
libsystemd-daemon0                              (>= 31) | 37-1.1
libsystemd-login0                               (>= 31) | 37-1.1
libtdb1                          (>= 1.2.7+git20101214) | 1.2.10-2
libudev0                                       (>= 146) | 175-3.1
libwebrtc-audio-processing-0                            | 0.1-2
libx11-6                                                | 2:1.4.99.901-2
libx11-xcb1                                             | 2:1.4.99.901-2
libxcb1                                                 | 1.8.1-1
libxtst6                                                | 2:1.2.1-1
adduser                                                 | 3.113+nmu2
lsb-base                                    (>= 3.2-13) | 4.1+Debian4
consolekit                                              | 0.4.5-3
udev                                           (>= 143) | 175-3.1
libasound2-plugins                                      | 1.0.25-2


Recommends                    (Version) | Installed
=======================================-+-===========
pulseaudio-module-x11                   | 2.0-3
gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio                | 0.10.31-3
rtkit                                   | 0.10-2


Suggests              (Version) | Installed
===============================-+-===========
pulseaudio-utils                | 2.0-3
pavumeter                       | 0.9.3-2
pavucontrol                     | 1.0-1
paman                           | 0.9.4-1
paprefs                         | 0.9.10-1