Re: Games Team policy on dh_installtmpfiles

PS: as an addendum it should be explained somewhere that dpkg-statoverride
is useless against tmpfiles and the proper way to override
would be /etc/tmpfiles.d/<game>.conf if there's even a need.

All existing calls to  dpkg-statoverride should be reviewed.

Greetings

Le dim. 10 mai 2026 =C3=A0 20:21, Alexandre Detiste
<[email protected]> a =C3=A9crit :
>
> 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 deri=
vative
> 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/game=
s
>
> 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=3Dvar%2Fgames+path%3Apostinst&=
literal=3D1