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Diffstat (limited to 'source/a/pkgtools/scripts/installpkg')
| -rw-r--r-- | source/a/pkgtools/scripts/installpkg | 32 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source/a/pkgtools/scripts/installpkg b/source/a/pkgtools/scripts/installpkg index b777442a5..0d82f89c0 100644 --- a/source/a/pkgtools/scripts/installpkg +++ b/source/a/pkgtools/scripts/installpkg @@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ # OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # +# Mon Jun 4 21:17:58 UTC 2018 +# Migrate the package database and directories from /var/log to +# /var/lib/pkgtools. /var/log was never a good place for this data, as it is +# considered by many to be a directory that could be wiped to free up some +# space. Originally the package database was in /var/adm, but the FSSTND +# (later FHS) group decided that directory should be a symlink to /var/log, +# and I went along with that since it was years ago and I was a n00b and didn't +# know any better. /var/lib/pkgtools will be a better and safer location. +# # Thu May 24 20:23:55 UTC 2018 # Added --terselength option to set the line length in --terse mode. # Allow adding NOLOCK in an install script to allow it to run without locking. @@ -254,14 +263,33 @@ while [ 0 ]; do done # Set the prefix for the package database directories (packages, scripts). -ADM_DIR="$ROOT/var/log" +ADM_DIR="$ROOT/var/lib/pkgtools" + +# Set the prefix for the removed packages/scripts log files: +LOG_DIR="$ROOT/var/log/pkgtools" + # If the directories don't exist, "initialize" the package database: -for PKGDBDIR in packages removed_packages removed_scripts scripts setup ; do +for PKGDBDIR in packages scripts setup ; do if [ ! -d $ADM_DIR/$PKGDBDIR ]; then mkdir -p $ADM_DIR/$PKGDBDIR chmod 755 $ADM_DIR/$PKGDBDIR fi done +for PKGLOGDIR in removed_packages removed_scripts ; do + if [ ! -d $LOG_DIR/$PKGLOGDIR ]; then + rm -rf $LOG_DIR/$PKGLOGDIR # make sure it's not a symlink or something stupid + mkdir -p $LOG_DIR/$PKGLOGDIR + chmod 755 $LOG_DIR/$PKGLOGDIR + fi +done +# Likewise, make sure that the symlinks in /var/log exist. We no longer +# trust anything to remain in /var/log. Let the admin wipe it if that's +# what they like. +for symlink in packages scripts setup ; do + if [ ! -L $LOG_DIR/../$symlink -a ! -d $LOG_DIR/../$symlink ]; then + ( cd $LOG_DIR/.. ; ln -sf ../lib/pkgtools/$symlink . ) + fi +done # Make sure there's a proper temp directory: TMP=$ADM_DIR/setup/tmp |