Remove the "should" to use /run instead of /var/run

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index fb9fd9f636ec0b126283ee1add6974f99c2f72b4..8834ece206bab7e1e8710eb9d017151f88ed12bb 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -6268,15 +6268,11 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.<var>package</var> debian/<var>package</var>/DEBIAN/
               <item>
                 <p>
                   The following directories in the root filesystem are
-                  additionally allowed: <file>/sys</file>
-                  and <file>/selinux</file>.
-                  <footnote>
-                    The <file>/sys</file> and <file>/selinux</file>
-                    directories are mount points where
-                    virtual filesystems are mounted which provide access
-                    to kernel information.
-                  </footnote>
-               </p>
+                  additionally allowed: <file>/sys</file> and
+                  <file>/selinux</file>. <footnote>These directories
+                  are used as mount points to mount virtual filesystems
+                  to get access to kernel information.</footnote>
+                </p>
               </item>
              <item>
                <p>
@@ -6428,16 +6424,10 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true
 
          <p>
            Packages must not include files or directories
-           under <file>/run</file>, or under the <file>/var/run</file>
-           or <file>/var/lock</file> paths that are replaced with
-           symlinks or bind mounts to <file>/run</file> for backwards
-           compatibility.
-         </p>
-
-         <p>
-           Packages should use <file>/run</file> in preference
-           to <file>/var/run</file> and <file>/run/lock</file> in
-           preference to <file>/var/lock</file>.
+           under <file>/run</file>, or under the
+           older <file>/var/run</file> and <file>/var/lock<file> paths.
+           The latter paths will normally be symlinks or other
+           redirections to <file>/run</file> for backwards compatibility.
          </p>
        </sect1>
       </sect>