[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#633040: Bug#633040: wpasupplicant: /run transition: Please switch to /run/sendsigs.omit.d

[Kel Modderman]

Hi Roger,

On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:51:23 PM Roger Leigh wrote:
> I'm not sure this will work correctly on Debian (the Ubuntu-specific
> bits are incorrect for Debian AFAICT); see below.  The main point is
> that /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d /is/ /run/sendsigs.omit.d as soon as
> initscripts is upgraded.  In consequence, there's no need for any
> migration (in fact, any mv from /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/foo to
> /run/sendsigs.omit.d/foo will fail, because they will be the /same/
> file as a result of the bind mount or symlink, depending upon if the
> system was rebooted or not.
> 
> This is the main reason you need the initscripts dependency.  It
> ensures that the /run/sendsigs.omit.d path is valid, and removes the
> need to special-case Ubuntu.

Fair enough. Thanks for the clue bat I wasn't thinking clearly on this one.

Kel.