On 8 Mar 2023 at 7:05, Mike Wright wrote:

Date sent:              Wed, 8 Mar 2023 07:05:34 -0800
Subject:                Re: tmpfiles.d/ update with today's update
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> On 3/8/23 06:45, Neal Becker wrote:
> > Running todays dnf update I saw:
> > 
> > usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/sddm.conf:6: Line references path below legacy directory
> > /var/run/, updating /var/run/sddm → /run/sddm; please update
> > the tmpfiles.d/ drop-in file accordingly.
> > 
> > Any ideas what this is about?
> 
> Hi Neal,
> 
> Historically, "/run" was beneath "/var" but has been promoted to its own 
> root level space.  At least so far programs still using the historical 
> location continue to run but are advised to change the caller to use 
> /run instead.  It's less a warning than an advisement.
> 
> It's easy to change the location if it's referred to in something like a 
> systemd .service file because they are text.  If it's hard coded it has 
> to be changed by the maintainer or developer.

I had seen same message on a machine, and made 
change to file a number of times, but then did dnf 
reinstall sddm to see if it would fix the messages, but 
then checked file again, and it was back to /var/run.



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