Bug#601054: Move /etc/init.d/.depend.* files under /var

[Dmitry Bogatov]

[2019-05-23 13:35] Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith at yahoo.ca>
> On 5/23/19 1:27 PM, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> > Uhm, nasty situation.
> > 
> > You are correct, /var can be not mounted when /etc/init.d/rc is started.
> > But moving these .depend.* files to /lib is even worse then /etc, in my
> > opinion, since content of /lib is expected (FHS) to not change as long
> > as packages are not installed/removed.
>
> In this case the contents of /lib wouldn't be changing unless a package
> is installed or removed. There really isn't any reason for the boot
> dependency information to be updated unless the admin is installing or
> removing a package.

What about /etc/lintian/overrides or manual editing of initscripts?
Unless I am very wrong, content of .depend.* files is derived from
content of initscripts (which are conffiles), ergo /lib is not
apporiate.
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