quassel-core inappropriately uses /var/cache for data and configuration

[Tony Gies]

Binary package hint: quassel-core

quassel-core stores things in /var/cache it oughtn't:

$ ls -A /var/cache/quassel
.config quasselCert.pem quasselcore.conf quassel-storage.sqlite

Quoting the Linux FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARCACHEAPPLICATIONCACHEDATA):

"/var/cache is intended for cached data from applications. Such data is locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or calculation. The application must be able to regenerate or restore the data."

This is clearly not true of the quassel configuration file nor the SQLite database in which all chat logs and other user data are stored. /var/lib/quassel would be a more appropriate location.

Ubuntu 10.04.2, quassel-core 0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package quassel - 0.7.2-0ubuntu1

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quassel (0.7.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream bug fix release
  * Move quassel-core data dir from /var/cache to /var/lib (LP: #713462)
    - Add quassel-core.preinst to move existing data
    - Update debian/quasselcore-makecert, quassel-core.postinst,
      quassel-core.postrm, and quassel-core.quasselcore.init for the new data
      dir location
  * Increase startup time allowance in debian/quassel-core.quasselcore.init to
    reduce incidence of startup failures (LP: #480022)
    - Thanks to Ralph Janke for the patch
  * Update configdir description in debian/mans/quasselcore.pod to not
    specifically mention SQLite since other database types are also supported
  * Drop temporary versioning libindicate-qt-dev build-depend
 -- Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:57:49 -0400