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Bug 1196805 - Add extra tmpfiles.d entries for /var
Summary: Add extra tmpfiles.d entries for /var
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: systemd
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: systemd-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-02-26 19:26 UTC by Hristo Venev
Modified: 2015-03-04 10:00 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-03-04 10:00:00 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Bugzilla 1196807 0 unspecified CLOSED openssh-server: Add tmpfiles.d entries 2022-05-16 11:32:56 UTC
Red Hat Bugzilla 1196809 0 unspecified CLOSED sudo: Add tmpfiles.d entries 2022-05-16 11:32:56 UTC

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Description Hristo Venev 2015-02-26 19:26:05 UTC 
d /var/empty 755 root root -
d /var/db 755 root root -
d /var/spool/mail 775 root root -
L /var/mail - root root - spool/mail

These are a part of filesystem. However they must be recreated in case of rm -rf /var. Volatile systems and stuff.
Comment 1 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2015-02-26 21:29:34 UTC 
(In reply to Hristo Venev from comment #0)
> d /var/spool/mail 775 root root -
> L /var/mail - root root - spool/mail
I'd rather not go into the business of providing mail directories. Some poeple use Maildirs in /home, many systems don't do mail at all. If anything, filesystem package should carry this configuration, since they have those directories in the rpm.

> d /var/db 755 root root -
This is useless by itself, any user will have to create a subdirectory underneath this anyway.

> d /var/empty 755 root root -
Same here.

> These are a part of filesystem. However they must be recreated in case of rm
> -rf /var. Volatile systems and stuff.
In general snippets for directories should be carried by the same rpms which own those directories. This helps avoid discrepancies.
Comment 2 Jan Synacek 2015-03-04 10:00:00 UTC 
As Zbigniew already pointed out, packages should provide relevant tmpfiles.d snippets.
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