On Tue, Jan 13, 2015, at 04:06 PM, Miloslav Trmač wrote:
== Scope ==
- Other developers:
*** Use systemd-tmpfiles instead of placing content in /var (TODO: better docs for this)
Is this a strict dependency or a nice-to-have item? That is, are we talking about having to change all such packages in Fedora (or some specific subset) within the next ~month?
If the package is just installing an empty directory hierarchy, it's a nice to have - rpm-ostree auto-synthesizes tmpfiles.d snippets.
If it's installing a regular file, then it won't work - the package (daemon) needs to create it on start.
The goal of this is: - Support "factory reset" - Make it clear that (rpm-)ostree itself never touches /var, not on install or upgrade. It's the sole province of 1) The daemon writing the content 2) The administrator's chosen backup system. (We use systemd-tmpfiles because it's a convenient way to ensure correct SELinux labeling for initial directories)