On 12/22/2010 01:20 AM, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > Dear all, > > a new piece of software, for which I am just beginning the > work on an ITP, uses a subdirectory below "/var/lib/" where > it keeps simple records and time stamps. > > However, the daemon itself originally uses the capacity to > create that subdirectory in case it should be missing. > I am not really comfortable with this behaviour, and I myself > would like the daemon to fail if the subdirectory is missing. > > Is there something in the Debian Policy that supports my view? > I am not able to find any relevant part. > > > Best regards, > > Mats Erik Andersson, DM > Hi,
I'm not sure about this, but I think it would be reasonable to just create the /var/lib/$PACKAGE folder when the package is installed, so that you avoid the issue. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
