control: tag -1 +patch Hello,
During DebConf, Russ and I reviewed this bug and believe that the only
remaining issue is to document /nonexistent. So I am seeking seconds
for the following patch.
diff --git a/policy/ch-opersys.rst b/policy/ch-opersys.rst
index e4ed008..7d9e20a 100644
--- a/policy/ch-opersys.rst
+++ b/policy/ch-opersys.rst
@@ -296,6 +296,18 @@ The UID and GID numbers are divided into classes as
follows:
``(uid_t)(-1) == (gid_t)(-1)`` *must not* be used, because it is the
error return sentinel value.
+.. _s-nonexistent:
+
+Non-existent home directories
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The canonical non-existent home directory is ``/nonexistent``. Users
+who should not have a home directory should have their home directory
+set to this value.
+
+The Debian autobuilders set HOME to ``/nonexistent`` so that packages
+which try to write to a home directory will fail to build.
+
.. _s-sysvinit:
System run levels and ``init.d`` scripts
--
Sean Whitton
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