(In reply to Thorsten Kukuk from comment #1) > Axel, the correct way would be to fix your RPM to be FHS conform (FHS > clearly states, that all data below /var will be generated at runtime of the > program, not installed by a package, and that the package can scope with the > fact, that somebody deletes the files in /var), the second best option is to > only mount /var/www, not full /var. The package maintainer is following upstream to install under /var/www/html > But all this broken packages will vanish hopefully quickly anyways, as they > don't work with any of the new concepts (e.g. see > https://www.uapi-group.org). (Certificate error) https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/deployment_guide/s1-filesystem-fhs#s3-filesystem-var does IMO not deny to install in /var/www. Current location was triggered after the discussion in boo#1204307 So we have 2 point: - you are saying that /var/www is the wrong place - which is the right one? - that still does not justify that automount of /var deletes everything....