On 24/11/10 16:07, Paul Wouters wrote: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Petr Lautrbach wrote: > >>> - Many .spec files currently own subdirs of /var/run. These need to be >>> updated to %ghost those dirs only, so that the automatic removal of >>> these files/dirs on boot doesnt cause rpm to complain. The list of >>> packages >>> which own such files/subdir you find on the aforementioned feature >>> page. I will mass-file bugs against these packages later tonight, >>> requesting the %ghosting of these entries. For more information on the >>> %ghost directive in .spec files see this page: >>> >>> >>> http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/s1-rpm-inside-files-list-directives.html#S3-RPM-INSIDE-FLIST-GHOST-DIRECTIVE >> >> I think this is not needed. Files in /var/lock and /var/run are already >> cleaned by >> rc.sysinit during boot process hence they should be already %ghost-ed now. > > This remark makes no sense? If they "already" needed ghosting, then the > mass-file should > be needed?
Files are directories are currently treated differently. The initscripts clean out files from /var/lock and /var/run but leave directories alone. So any package containing a file in these directories should already have it marked as %ghost as it will already disappear at boot time. However, most affected packages probably have directories rather than files here, and *those* shouldn't need %ghost-ing because re-creating them using a tmpfiles.d/*.conf file should be enough to keep rpm happy. Paul. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
