Games Team policy on dh_installtmpfiles
Alexandre Detiste <[email protected]> Sun, 10 May 2026 20:21:19 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.games |
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| Message-ID | <CADsTwj+qPME4X15NLvtiwbicB2zmM1tMOksDYv7TzcutvQGdKQ@mail.gmail.com> |
Hi, I have used dh_installtmpfiles many years ago, I think that back then at one point it was a systemd-only thing so it was appropriate for a Debian derivative but not for Debian proper when we still want to support alternative init systems. This restriction has been lifted some times ago and dh_installtmpfiles[0] is part of the default debhelper-compat 13 sequence. My proposal: we should strive to review these postinst scripts - some of which are 25 years old - and redo those in tmpfiles syntax. This makes the remaining postinst script smaller and easier to maintain. this could also bring more cohesions to the access rights under /var/games In the future with upcoming debhelper-compat 14; these tmpfiles could also be used to handle the purge phase. Debian Code Search[1] can help identify such games. Greetings Alexandre [0] https://manpages.debian.org/testing/debhelper/dh_installtmpfiles.1.en.html [1] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=var%2Fgames+path%3Apostinst&literal=1