arch-tmpfiles should not truncate directories when invoked with --create. This matches behavior from systemd's tmpfiles binary. Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org> --- Pointed out to me on IRC when someone asked if it was safe to run arch-tmpfiles --create on installation of a package. This makes it safe. arch-tmpfiles | 9 +++++---- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch-tmpfiles b/arch-tmpfiles index f133a40..73c4328 100755 --- a/arch-tmpfiles +++ b/arch-tmpfiles @@ -87,17 +87,18 @@ _D() { # Create or empty a directory local path=$1 mode=$2 uid=$3 gid=$4 - (( CREATE )) || return 0 - if ! checkparams 4 "$@"; then warninvalid return fi - if [[ -d $path ]]; then + if [[ -d $path ]] && (( REMOVE )); then find "$path" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -xdev -print0 | xargs -r0 rm -rf fi - install -d -m"$mode" -o"$uid" -g"$gid" "$path" + + if (( CREATE )); then + install -d -m"$mode" -o"$uid" -g"$gid" "$path" + fi } _p() { -- 1.7.8.1