Package: debian-policy Severity: important Tags: patch It's come to my attention that some developers are using /run without a versioned initscripts dependency, which will break upgrades from squeeze. They have been doing this because the wording of Policy makes it sound like /var/run and /var/lock are being replaced by /run and /run/lock, and they have then replaced their use of e.g. /var/run with /run without reading further.
The attached patch documents the requirement for a versioned initscripts dependency in order to use /run correctly. While Policy is possibly not the place for such guidance, people are just reading policy and blindly using it, which is bad. I've also updated the upgrading-checklist for those who just skim it. Thanks, Roger -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (550, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (400, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>From de9d15e612e6d4344032560e5d49a2dbf2368274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Leigh <rle...@debian.org> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:15:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document restrictions on use of /run for wheezy --- policy.sgml | 10 ++++++++++ upgrading-checklist.sgml | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 52dbb26..7a84003 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -6281,6 +6281,16 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.<var>package</var> debian/<var>package</var>/DEBIAN/ in <file>/run</file> should be stored on a temporary file system. </p> + <p> + Note that for the wheezy release, <file>/run</file> + may not be used without a depends on <tt>initscripts + (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)</tt>. Without this + dependency, <file>/run</file> is not guaranteed to + exist or to be writable. Please refer to the + detailed guidance on + the <url id="http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory"; + name="Debian wiki">. + </p> </item> <item> <p> diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml index 7527e53..8f2f902 100644 --- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml +++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml @@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ Released February, 2012. directories apply to these directories as well. Backward compatibility links will be maintained and packages need not switch to referencing <file>/run</file> directly yet. Files in <file>/run</file> - should be stored in a temporary file system. + should be stored in a temporary file system. Note that for the wheezy + release, <file>/run</file> may not be used without a depends on + <tt>initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)</tt>. Without this dependency, + <file>/run</file> is not guaranteed to exist or to be writable. + Please refer to the detailed guidance on the + <url id="http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory"; + name="Debian wiki">. </item> <tag>9.1.4</tag> <item>New section spelling out the requirements for packages that use -- 1.7.10
