Bug#945269: debian-policy: packages should use tmpfiles.d(5) to create directories below /var
Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> writes:
> On Tue, 2023-06-13 at 18:36 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
>> On Jun 13, Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> wrote:
>>> Conversely, sometimes I need to use chroots to test init scripts.
>>> start-stop-daemon should not refuse to run in a chroot if policy-
>>> rc.d allows
>>> it.
>> I suggest that you try systemd-nspawn for this purpose.
> Or podman or docker or various other things.
> Plain chroots and an unclean environment which violates various
> assumptions system startup scripts make are not a great way to test
> stuff.
Unless I'm very mistaken about how dh_installtmpfiles and systemd-tmpfiles
works (possible, I guess), I don't think we need to have this argument in
this bug. If I am right in assuming that nothing about this proposal will
change how chroots work, arguing with people about why they use chroots is
just going to add heat without any light.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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