Bug#676561: debian-policy: Please clarify important restriction on use of /run

2012-06-07 Thread Roger Leigh
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 03:38:07PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Might be clearer to make it a simple, self-contained normative > requirement --- e.g., imitating 2361862a ("New Breaks dependency > field"): > > Packages must not assume the /run directory > exists o

Bug#676561: debian-policy: Please clarify important restriction on use of /run

2012-06-07 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Roger, Roger Leigh wrote: > It's come to my attention that some developers are using /run > without a versioned initscripts dependency, which will break > upgrades from squeeze. Thanks. This requirement does seem worth documenting. [...] > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -6281,6

Bug#676561: debian-policy: Please clarify important restriction on use of /run

2012-06-07 Thread Roger Leigh
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/lo