Bug#1115317: marked as done (advice for using /var/lock (which is a link to /run/lock) (#1110981))

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Your message dated Wed, 7 Jan 2026 10:49:51 -0500
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and subject line RE: Technical Committee resolution on /var/lock and systemd
has caused the Debian Bug report #1115317,
regarding advice for using /var/lock (which is a link to /run/lock) (#11109=
81)
to be marked as done.

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:26:29 +0000 (UTC)
From: Thorsten Alteholz <[email protected]>
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Subject: advice for using /var/lock (which is a link to /run/lock)
 (#1110981)
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Package: tech-ctte
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Hi,

I am a bit stuck with #1110981 and need your advice on how to proceed.

Due to a change in systemd, the directory /run/lock is no longer world 
writable, but uucp uses this directory to create its lock files (as it is 
documented in FHS). As you can see in #1110981 there already is a 
complaint from a user that uucp no longer works.

The corresponding bug #1110980 in systemd was marked as "wontfix". So 
what do you recommend how to go on from here? Change Debian policy (as 
asked in #1111839), revert the change in systemd, find a Debian wide 
solution or let every package maintainer implement their own solution?

   Thorsten

Relevant bugs up to now:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1110981
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1110980
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1111839

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The ctte resultion was formalized[1], and this issue is fixed in sid.

Thank you all!
  Paul, for the ctte

[1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D1115317#85

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