Bug 757141

Summary:	RFE: filter non-ghost-in-var-(lock\|run)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Paul Howarth <paul>
Component:	rpmlint	Assignee:	Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	16	CC:	a.badger, manuel.wolfshant, tcallawa, tmz, ville.skytta
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Description Paul Howarth 2011-11-25 15:04:24 UTC

I believe that the non-ghost-in-var-(lock|run) checks should only complain about files, not directories. If a directory is marked %ghost then it will not be created at rpm install time and if the package depends on a tmpfiles.d snippet to get the directory created then the package probably won't work until after a reboot.

Upstream says that guidelines vary between distros and suggest filtering this one downstream:

http://rpmlint.zarb.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/245

Comment 1 Ville Skyttä 2011-11-25 17:45:46 UTC

Yep, I directed Paul here, and I believe the filtering should be done in configs targeted at Fedora versions that have tmpfs /var/lock and /var/run (I suppose there's no such EL release out yet).

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-12-05 19:48:09 UTC

rpmlint-1.4-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rpmlint-1.4-1.fc15

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-12-05 19:48:16 UTC

rpmlint-1.4-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rpmlint-1.4-1.fc16

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-12-10 19:38:16 UTC

Package rpmlint-1.4-1.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing rpmlint-1.4-1.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-16851/rpmlint-1.4-1.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-12-22 22:38:40 UTC

rpmlint-1.4-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2011-12-22 22:44:09 UTC

rpmlint-1.4-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.