-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2011-04-06 13:12, Noel David Torres Taño wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:18:32 +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote: >>> On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 10:54:53 (CEST), Roger Leigh wrote: >>>> As of base-files 6.2 which went into unstable yesterday, we have a >>>> new top-level directory, /run. >>>> >>>> This directory will contain a tmpfs which will be present from early >>>> boot, and which will replace /var/run. This will be done by >>>> initscripts, which we are waiting to be uploaded. For the time >>>> being, /run is just an empty directory, and it's not guaranteed to >>>> be writable either during early boot, or during normal operation. >>> >>> What about adding a lintian warning (error?) for packages that place >>> files in /run? >> >> How do you catch that? Files in /run wouldn't be part of the packages, >> they'd be created at runtime. > > Precisely :) Throw an error on all packages placing files in /run > > Noel > er Envite
You mean like the tag dir-or-file-in-var-run, which lintian already throws at people? Sure, just file a wishlist bug against lintian. But we are unlikely to be able to detect (e.g.) that packages are using /run without depending on the right version of initscripts[1], which I think was the original proposal. ~Niels [1] Assuming they create files at run-time which (as I understand it) is the correct usage of /run. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNnE8sAAoJEAVLu599gGRC7QkQAJ3xo96j1fK/Escfi4qxsGsO ZVlrHw8AKprUOVmg86X90pYLlZuMaOJOIlarP3Rtowt8gmzLFrnwyTr4JoC/fGbw mvA2Fef/l9Pj8f71u/29OnakKPRlXAccWRKLO79oKRvzUgGCeQHz81Dg+fVl9zFZ M0f98A+y0mL6/np/pMvlUByD5gWHa7yBu6w5shD5pA3MNPh5mv986HleE1dCVKE5 JtRDiRfMCdPEhaH5q2ArJfZSg5whsFXPRLo8Dc8V5fJC8lsYM125ojlairhBmhj1 yeIIqyc8p076mFmdB9QZ2jZMF+xwsOTxZs2jTFHOd9F53Oj0UuhHFFwp4SOInWfb Jophn7hyoEvVtxrg5yC9eIt86BzJ0EA1uE6QuzX5NRlFheq2fg76l7hGsvPXcTCi MHNVsvIF9HvsbmLeSIXiIjmMP2z2VGCQ95hZr8nVMYzMkw3YL0C+dfJZfXBY/7mS Urhcf05YCoEHnRi2QRSiudPKsWv806I5uTM0mRJzN+Mj7CqtF9+jI2JhzjCrvCX4 VV9VpKbGRnO1O9b/DEbwtngguovqb5zsNwjkE78PNf55KUvcbNmUaEgpJxPLR08W oQAkcirSPtNzyRZmCPELzAsKK1e5woj/0nzaMdnucxKfVnuB2zx9AJrYbLBxeZyd sfkH8KEFwkXN6w6uz50u =UrTH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d9c4f2d.7050...@thykier.net
