Bug#945269: debian-policy: packages should use tmpfiles.d(5) to create directories below /var

[Thorsten Glaser]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2023, Russ Allbery wrote:

>Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser at tarent.de> writes:
>
>> Therefore I belive that Policy ought to *not* recommend any solution
>> that depends on starting dæmons or init scripts to create temporary
>> files/directories that are necessary for programs to work.
>
>This is handled by this proposal, no?  That's the point of requiring
>integration with maintainer scripts (via triggers or direct invocation).
>My understanding is that this is exactly what dh_installtmpfiles already
>does, via generating an explicit call to systemd-tmpfiles --create.

Hmm, that sounds okay-ish, except…

>Or am I missing something?

what you described of course does not work for /tmp and /run.
It is viable for /var/tmp etc.

bye,
//mirabilos
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