Description of problem: $tmpfilesdir variable is initialized empty in dracut script /usr/bin/dracut line 1259-1265 if systemd.pc is not present. The main reason is that this test will return an empty value if no systemd.pc is installed : +1260 pkg-config systemd --variable=tmpfilesdir 2>/dev/null Then there are two fallback test which will systematicaly fail it test for file dir name. It should be a [[ -d "/path" ]] and not [[ -f "/path" ]] at lines 1263 & 1264. Result is modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-tmpfiles.conf is incorrectly placed in the root of the initramfs instead of wanted : /lib/tmpfiles.d /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d (and likely /etc/tmpfiles.d if systemd-devel is installed) Code of the install procedure is placed at last line in : modules.d/98dracut-systemd/module-setup.sh I am in the case where I need to append some content in this configuration file which shoudn't be placed there. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Git tag 044 & master How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. regenerate initramfs with dracut without systemd-devel package installed 2. see that dracut-tmpfiles.conf is not placed in root directory in initramfs img Actual results: /dracut-tmpfiles.conf Expected results: /etc/tmpfiles.d/dracut-tmpfiles.conf Additional info: Bug comes from mageia : https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18642
Same problem with $tmpfilesdir/systemd.conf in /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/00systemd/module-setup.sh whitch will never be installed. It's assumed in this case that tmpfilesdir should be set to /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d by default.
Patch submitted to initramfs mailing list.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 25 development cycle. Changing version to '25'.
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