Your message dated Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:05:23 -0300
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and subject line Re: Bug#684691: pulseaudio creates /.pulse and /.pulse-cookie
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regarding pulseaudio: creates hidden config files / folders in the root
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Package: pulseaudio
Version: 2.0-5
Severity: important
Hi.
Severity important as it IMHO contradicts the FHS and is thereby against the
Debian Policy.
pulseaudio seems to create /.pulse and /.pulse-cookie (again and again).
The root of the filesystem is surely not the place for any Tom, Dick and Harry
to create files there, neither pulseaudio.
I guess these files should likely go to some place below /var.
Cheers,
Chris.
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Hi all,
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 04:04:41AM -0600, Adam Dane wrote:
> This looks similar to a bug in the Gentoo distribution at
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438844
>
> When the alsa-utils init script restores the sound card state (via alsactl),
> it runs without a HOME environment variable, so the files get created in /.
>
> Likely, the pulseaudio plugin for ALSA (from libasound2-plugins package)
> causes pulseaudio to be invoked, creating the files.
>
> The patch in the Gentoo bug currently adds a HOME variable to alsactl's
> environment with an appropriate folder. This means the files get created
> there instead of /.
>
> If there is a way to disable the plugin when the alsa-utils init script
> runs, it would avoid creating the files altogether.
This issue was fixed by alsa-utils 1.0.27.2-1, as it now sets $HOME to
/var/run/alsa.
Unfortunately, this will still be a problem for wheezy, unless you want
ask for a stable update.
I am closing this bug as it is actually a problem with alsa-utils.
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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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