Creation of directories via tmpfiles.d directly after package installation

[Jochen Schmitt]

Hallo,

I have implement the creation of the /var/run/news directory in the
inn package via tmpfiles.d.

But It's seems, that the directory will not created directly after the
package was installed. so I have add the line

systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_sysconfdir}/tmpfiles/inn.conf

on the %post stanza.

I have look on

http://www.maclife.de/

to be sure to confim with the packaging guidelines. Unfortunately,
I could not found any information to this related topic.

So I would like to ask for the opinion of other people on
this list.

Best Regards:

Jochen Schmitt

[Tom Lane]

Jochen Schmitt <Jochen(a)herr-schmitt.de&gt; writes:
>  I have implement the creation of the /var/run/news directory in the
>  inn package via tmpfiles.d. 
>  But It's seems, that the directory will not created directly
> after the
>  package was installed. so I have add the line
>  systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_sysconfdir}/tmpfiles/inn.conf
>  on the %post stanza. 
That's not the way to do it.  You should create the directory via the
normal RPM methods for including a directory --- that is, make the
directory in the install root and include it in the %files list.

What tmpfiles.d is for is to cause such directories to be recreated
after a system reboot.

Yes, it's an ugly kluge.  I don't know why tmpfiles.d needs its own
configuration instead of just looking at the RPM metadata.  But hey,
making extra work for packagers is standard practice ...

			regards, tom lane

[Paul Howarth]

On 05/10/2011 19:02, Tom Lane wrote:
>  Jochen Schmitt<Jochen(a)herr-schmitt.de>  writes:
> > I have implement the creation of the /var/run/news directory in the
> > inn package via tmpfiles.d.
>
> > But It's seems, that the directory will not created directly after the
> > package was installed. so I have add the line
> > systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_sysconfdir}/tmpfiles/inn.conf
> > on the %post stanza.
>
>  That's not the way to do it.  You should create the directory via the
>  normal RPM methods for including a directory --- that is, make the
>  directory in the install root and include it in the %files list. 
Agreed: this means that the package properly owns the directory, unlike 
in the creation-in-%post case.

Paul.

[Ville Skyttä]

On 10/05/2011 08:05 PM, Jochen Schmitt wrote:

>  I have look on
>  
>  http://www.maclife.de/
>  
>  to be sure to confim with the packaging guidelines. Unfortunately,
>  I could not found any information to this related topic. 
Hmm, Fedora packaging guidelines at www.maclife.de?

See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Tmpfiles.d