Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (142 mails)

[Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@xxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 22 November 2011, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> On 11/22/2011 01:42 PM, Ruediger Meier wrote:
> > On Tuesday 22 November 2011, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > > On 11/22/2011 12:02 PM, Ruediger Meier wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 22 November 2011, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > > > > We currently use both /etc/tmpdirs.d and /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d -
> > > > > the first for SysVinit, the second for systemd.
> > > >
> > > > Moving config files from /etc to /usr/lib?
> > >
> > > Not really config files. And we have them already in that
> > > location, just duplicated with different semantics.
> >
> > Having them already in wrong location doesn't makes that location
> > better.
> >
> > > > > I suggest to drop /etc/tmpdirs.d completely (after taking care
> > > > > that the files are listed in tmpfiles.d
> > > >
> > > > How can you ensure that? We don't know about files which have
> > > > been added by admins.
> > >
> > > I can only take care of files as part of the distribution. Note
> > > that even openSUSE 12.1 will not by default read /etc/tmpdirs.d at
> > > all unless you use sysvinit.
> >
> > Saying this you can even drop sysvinit support right now. No need
> > to break it step by step.
>
> My change will not break SysVinit at all - if it does, it would be
> wrong.

Don't forget on the other tmpfs thread you said yesterday something 
like "sysvinit is still needed as fallback".
What is this fallback solution worth if it heavily depends on the thing 
from which we want to fall back in case of trouble.

cu,
Rudi
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