Re: Correct way to handle transient files in /var

[Julio Merino <jmmv84%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:20 PM, David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> wrote:
>        What is the correct way to handle files in /var which can be
>        removed when a package is uninstalled?
>
>        for example policykit seems to require:
>
>            root:polkit   /var/lib/PolicyKit
>            polkit:wheel  /var/lib/PolicyKit-public
>            polkit:polkit /var/lib/misc/PolicyKit.reload
>
>        Without these it chokes when hal tries to use it (and hald
>        will not run).
>
>        On uninstall it would probably be reasonable to remove them.
>
>        So, just handcode in INSTALL and DEINSTALL?

Check out chapter 15 (section 15.1) of the pkgsrc guide.

Cheers,

-- 
Julio Merino