[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#679854: [lighttpd] Please assume /var/log/ can be volatile

[Roman Mamedov]

Package: lighttpd
Version: 1.4.31-1
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

On various embedded systems running from a flash disk with limited number of
overwrite cycles it might be desirabe to mount /var/log as tmpfs, especially
if long-term storage of logs is not required (but logs are still useful for
immediate debugging).

Currently lighttpd properly assumes that /var/run can be volatile and does
this in /etc/init.d/lighttpd:

----
if [ "$1" != status ]; then
        # be sure there is a /var/run/lighttpd, even with tmpfs
        # The directory is defined as volatile and may thus be non-existing
        # after a boot (DPM §9.3.2)
        if ! dpkg-statoverride --list /var/run/lighttpd >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                install -d -o www-data -g www-data -m 0750 "/var/run/lighttpd"
        fi
fi
----

I propose that /var/log/lighttpd would be also checked and recreated in a similar manner.

Thanks


--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 3.4.3-rm1+

Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  990 testing         wheezy.natsu.romanrm.ru 
  500 unstable        www.emdebian.org 
  500 stable          linux-libre.fsfla.org 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                              (Version) | Installed
==============================================-+-================
libattr1                       (>= 1:2.4.46-7) | 1:2.4.46-8
libbz2-1.0                                     | 1.0.6-3
libc6                                 (>= 2.4) | 2.13-33
libfam0                                        | 
libldap-2.4-2                       (>= 2.4.7) | 2.4.28-1.1
libpcre3                             (>= 8.10) | 1:8.30-5
libssl1.0.0                         (>= 1.0.0) | 1.0.1c-3
zlib1g                            (>= 1:1.1.4) | 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
perl                                           | 5.14.2-12
lsb-base                          (>= 3.2-14)  | 4.1+Debian7
 OR systemd                          (>= 29.1) | 
mime-support                                   | 3.52-1
libterm-readline-perl-perl                     | 1.0303-1


Recommends      (Version) | Installed
=========================-+-===========
spawn-fcgi                | 


Suggests           (Version) | Installed
============================-+-===========
openssl                      | 1.0.1c-3
rrdtool                      | 
apache2-utils                | 

-- 
With respect,
Roman

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Stallman had a printer,
with code he could not see.
So he began to tinker,
and set the software free."
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