Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes:

> Here is an updated patch that tries to remedy those concerns.  The
> requirement for /run and /run/lock is a separate point in the FHS
> exception list, and a new section under 9.1 has been added to spell out
> explicitly, for everyone, the requirements on packages that make use of
> those directories.  The init.d language has been streamlined somewhat
> and a reference to that new section added.

> Note that this version of the patch explicitly says that packages
> "should" use /run and /run/lock in preference to /var/run and /var/lock.
> My understanding is that this is where we want to go, but if this is
> premature, that paragraph can easily be removed for now without changing
> the substance of the rest of this change.

This patch, minus the should statement about /run and /run/lock, has been
merged for the next release.

-- 
Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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