<item>
must not require or recommend a package outside
of <em>main</em> for compilation or execution (thus, the
- package must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or
- "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-<em>main</em>
- package),
+ package must not declare a "Pre-Depends", "Depends",
+ "Recommends", "Build-Depends", or "Build-Depends-Indep"
+ relationship on a non-<em>main</em> package),
</item>
<item>
must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them,
Relationships may be restricted to a certain set of
architectures. This is indicated in brackets after each
individual package name and the optional version specification.
- The brackets enclose a list of Debian architecture names
+ The brackets enclose a non-empty list of Debian architecture names
in the format described in <ref id="arch-spec">,
separated by whitespace. Exclamation marks may be prepended to
each of the names. (It is not permitted for some names to be
<p>
<example>
<var>library-soname</var> <var>main-dependency-template</var>
-[ | <var>alternative-dependency-template</var> ]
-[ ... ]
-[ * <var>field-name</var>: <var>field-value</var> ]
-[ ... ]
+[| <var>alternative-dependency-template</var>]
+[...]
+[* <var>field-name</var>: <var>field-value</var>]
+[...]
<var>symbol</var> <var>minimal-version</var>[ <var>id-of-dependency-template</var> ]
</example>
</p>
following <file>symbols</file> file:
<example>
libGL.so.1 libgl1
- | libgl1-mesa-glx #MINVER#
+| libgl1-mesa-glx #MINVER#
publicGlSymbol@Base 6.3-1
[...]
implementationSpecificSymbol@Base 6.5.2-7 1
For our example, the <tt>zlib1g</tt> <file>symbols</file> file
would contain:
<example compact="compact">
- * Build-Depends-Package: zlib1g-dev
+* Build-Depends-Package: zlib1g-dev
</example>
- (Don't forget the space before the <tt>*</tt> so that it will
- be parsed as part of the entry for that library.)
</p>
<p>
symlinked there, is relaxed to a recommendation.
</p>
</item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The additional directory <file>/run</file> in the root
+ file system is allowed. <file>/run</file>
+ replaces <file>/var/run</file>, and the
+ subdirectory <file>/run/lock</file>
+ replaces <file>/var/lock</file>, with
+ the <file>/var</file> directories replaced by symlinks
+ for backwards compatibility. <file>/run</file>
+ and <file>/run/lock</file> must follow all of the
+ requirements in the FHS for <file>/var/run</file>
+ and <file>/var/lock</file>, respectively, such as file
+ naming conventions, file format requirements, or the
+ requirement that files be cleared during the boot
+ process. Files and directories residing
+ in <file>/run</file> should be stored on a temporary
+ file system.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<item>
<p>
The following directories in the root filesystem are
though the spool may still be physically located there.
</p>
</sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="fhs-run">
+ <heading><file>/run</file> and <file>/run/lock</file></heading>
+
+ <p>
+ The directory <file>/run</file> is cleared at boot, normally
+ by being a mount point for a temporary file system. Packages
+ therefore must not assume that any files or directories
+ under <file>/run</file> other than <file>/run/lock</file>
+ exist unless the package has arranged to create those files or
+ directories since the last reboot. Normally, this is done by
+ the package via an init script. See <ref id="writing-init">
+ for more information.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Packages must not include files or directories
+ 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>
<sect>
</p>
<p>
- <file>/var/run</file> and <file>/var/lock</file> may be mounted
- as temporary filesystems<footnote>
- For example, using the <tt>RAMRUN</tt> and <tt>RAMLOCK</tt>
- options in <file>/etc/default/rcS</file>.
- </footnote>, so the <file>init.d</file> scripts must handle this
- correctly. This will typically amount to creating any required
- subdirectories dynamically when the <file>init.d</file> script
- is run, rather than including them in the package and relying on
- <prgn>dpkg</prgn> to create them.
+ Files and directories under <file>/run</file>, including ones
+ referred to via the compatibility paths <file>/var/run</file>
+ and <file>/var/lock</file>, are normally stored on a temporary
+ filesystem and are normally not persistent across a reboot.
+ The <file>init.d</file> scripts must handle this correctly.
+ This will typically mean creating any required subdirectories
+ dynamically when the <file>init.d</file> script is run.
+ See <ref id="fhs-run"> for more information.
</p>
</sect1>
dpkg-divert --package smailwrapper --remove --rename \
--divert /usr/sbin/smail.real /usr/sbin/smail
fi
- </example> where <tt>1.02-2</tt> is the version at which the
+ </example> where <tt>1.0-2</tt> is the version at which the
diversion was first added to the package. The postrm should not
remove the diversion on upgrades both because there's no reason to
remove the diversion only to immediately re-add it and since the
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