Re: user's home directory

2003-04-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 28 April 2003 03:56, Pedro Salgueiro wrote: > Hi. > I'm making a deb package of a project that i'm working > on, and I need to know if a deb package can copy > something to a directory of a user's home. I have read > somewhere that a debian package can not toucth on a > user's home but I

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Apr 29, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I fully agree. I remember providing an alternative solution for all or >> most of the problems which /run should solve, so I'm firmly opposed to >> create this new, unneeded directory, which is nothing more than a >> gratuitous change fro

Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:15:57PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Apr 28, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I think it is premature to tatify into policy an action that > > has not been fully decided upon, and has not yet had all the kinks > > ironed out yet. > >While I

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bill Allombert
Hi Bas! On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 10:24:27PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > You wrote: > > As an extension to the FHS, the Debian filesystem has a /run directory > > intended to hold program state file for programs that run early during > > the boot process when /var is not yet mounted. > >

Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Apr 28, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it is premature to tatify into policy an action that > has not been fully decided upon, and has not yet had all the kinks > ironed out yet. > > While I understand the use cases presented for /run; I am not > yet conv

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Hi Bas! On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > Hi Bill! > > You wrote: > > > Thanks a lot! I will try to improve it again: > > > > As an extension to the FHS, the Debian filesystem has a /run directory > > intended to hold program state file for programs that run early during > > th

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Bill! You wrote: > Thanks a lot! I will try to improve it again: > > As an extension to the FHS, the Debian filesystem has a /run directory > intended to hold program state file for programs that run early during > the boot process when /var is not yet mounted. > > /run must be in

Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:56:24 +0200 (CEST), Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > If we are going to extend the FHS we should modify our own policy at > least. You need to make a policy proposal, get two seconds and no > objections. For your convenience I'm reassigning the bug. I t

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 03:31:37PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Hi Bill! Hi Henrique! > > The proposal is to have base-files creating the /run directory, > > since base-files maintainer has reassigned the bug to debian-policy. > > > > If you something more formal, maybe > > >

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Hi Bill! On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 01:51:31PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > Hi Bill! > > > > > As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch > > > > > to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise th

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 01:51:31PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Hi Bill! > > > > As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch > > > > to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the > > > > discussion, we need to move program state out of /et

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Hi Bill! On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:56:24AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch > > > to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the > > > discussion, we need to move

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 11:56:24AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch > > to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the > > discussion, we need to move program state out of /etc but for some > > programs that run

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user's home directory

2003-04-28 Thread Pedro Salgueiro
Hi. I'm making a deb package of a project that i'm working on, and I need to know if a deb package can copy something to a directory of a user's home. I have read somewhere that a debian package can not toucth on a user's home but I cant't fint anymore. I wold like you to help me with this. Thank

Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Apr 28, Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If we are going to extend the FHS we should modify our own policy at least. Do we have a consensus on /run? I don't think so. -- ciao, | Marco | [665 agG/r/pCLQ3L.]

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2003-04-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 191036 debian-policy Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted Bug reassigned from package `base-files' to `debian-policy'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tr

Re: Bug#191036: create /run for programs that run before /var is mounted

2003-04-28 Thread Santiago Vila
reassign 191036 debian-policy thanks On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > Package: base-files > Version: 3.0.8.1 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > As per the discussion on debian-devel, I am filing this bug with patch > to have base-files create the /run directory. To summarise the >