The submitter of #344758 wrote: > The script should create /var/run/dirmngr to allow users to map their > /var/run to a temporary filesystem like tmpfs. Thanks.
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > What do you think about this request? It seems reasonable, but I think if > this should be supported, there ought to be a general policy (formal or > informal) on it because I think many other init scripts will suffer from > similar problems. A program that needs to put files into a subdirectory of /var/run/ should create the required subdirectory itself at run time. This can be done by an initscript or by the program itself if it runs as root. Remember ownership and permissions. [ ! -d /var/run/foo ] && mkdir --mode=755 /var/run/foo && chown foouser:foogroup /var/run/foo Do this no sooner than /etc/rcS.d/S47 and no later than when the dir is needed. :) As pointed out by Peter Samuelson, this dir should be removed by the postrm on purge. I would advise not including /var/run/foo in the package since it is superfluous and its presence could hide a bug in your directory-creation code. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]