X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=policy.sgml;h=23c19133cec07ace97af3844b82a8ca4dd22c5e5;hb=e6790b3a8581184528084e43aba6d4e5d796e6e5;hp=f512315708535d5dc0691533da2f1ef7a48b8280;hpb=b6ec3caac4fc2ea5938a069b60558e140766f6c5;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index f512315..23c1913 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ must not require or recommend a package outside of main for compilation or execution (thus, the - package must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or - "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main - package), + package must not declare a "Pre-Depends", "Depends", + "Recommends", "Build-Depends", or "Build-Depends-Indep" + relationship on a non-main package), must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them, @@ -4628,7 +4628,7 @@ Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1), exim | mail-transport-agent 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 , separated by whitespace. Exclamation marks may be prepended to each of the names. (It is not permitted for some names to be @@ -6246,33 +6246,33 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.package debian/package/DEBIAN/ symlinked there, is relaxed to a recommendation.

+ +

+ The additional directory /run in the root + file system is allowed. /run + replaces /var/run, and the + subdirectory /run/lock + replaces /var/lock, with + the /var directories replaced by symlinks + for backwards compatibility. /run + and /run/lock must follow all of the + requirements in the FHS for /var/run + and /var/lock, 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 /run should be stored on a temporary + file system. +

+

The following directories in the root filesystem are - additionally allowed: /run, - - The purpose of the /run hierarchy is storage of ephemeral - system state, that is, state information that should - not be preserved across a reboot. - Files and directories residing in /run - should be stored on a temporary filesystem. - The /run directory is a - replacement for /var/run; its - subdirectory /run/lock is a replacement for - /var/lock. - /run/ and /run/lock/ have been introduced - by most distributions and are on track to be - endorsed by the FHS. - Additionally, the subdirectory /run/shm - is a replacement for /dev/shm. - - /sys and /selinux. - - The /sys and /selinux - directories are mount points where - virtual filesystems are mounted which provide access - to kernel information. - + additionally allowed: /sys and + /selinux. These directories + are used as mount points to mount virtual filesystems + to get access to kernel information. +

@@ -6407,6 +6407,29 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true though the spool may still be physically located there.

+ + + /run and /run/lock + +

+ The directory /run 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 /run other than /run/lock + 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 + for more information. +

+ +

+ Packages must not include files or directories + under /run, or under the + older /var/run and /var/lock paths. + The latter paths will normally be symlinks or other + redirections to /run for backwards compatibility. +

+ @@ -6781,17 +6804,14 @@ test -f program-executed-later-in-script || exit 0

- Files and directories under /run, including those - in directories /var/run and /var/lock - which are symlinks or bind mounts to subdirectories of - /run, are normally stored on a temporary + Files and directories under /run, including ones + referred to via the compatibility paths /var/run + and /var/lock, are normally stored on a temporary filesystem and are normally not persistent across a reboot. - Consequently, packages cannot assume that these files or - directories are present at system boot time. - Files and directories under /run must not be - included in packages; such files or directories - must be created dynamically, for example, in the - init.d script. + The init.d scripts must handle this correctly. + This will typically mean creating any required subdirectories + dynamically when the init.d script is run. + See for more information.

@@ -11349,7 +11369,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY dpkg-divert --package smailwrapper --remove --rename \ --divert /usr/sbin/smail.real /usr/sbin/smail fi - where 1.02-2 is the version at which the + where 1.0-2 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