The tomcat-instance-manager.bash script from www-servers/tomcat is used to create "instances" of Tomcat installation, which consist of several directories that are used by a running Tomcat and the init scripts. Among these created directories is /var/tmp/${RC_SVCNAME}. The presence of this directory is required to start Tomcat: it's the first thing that the init script checks, and if the directory doesn't exist, the init script reports an error and refuses to start the service. Now, sys-apps/systemd-utils254.5-r2[tmpfiles] installs the tmpfiles configuration file /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf which includes the following line: q /var/tmp 1777 root root 30d This means that Tomcat instance's temporary directory is deleted in 30 days after it was last touched (for example, if this particular instance isn't run for more than 30 days). Which makes the instance un-startable. I can imagine it even affecting a Tomcat instance that is running for more than 30 days. I encountered this problem with an instance of (outdated) tomcat-7.0.109-r1. However, my instance of tomcat-8.5.95-r1 (created with a much older version of tomcat:8.5) was also broken by this. Also, I looked through the currently installed 'tomcat-instance-manager.bash' and 'tomcat.init', and didn't see anything that would prevent this issue, so apparently newly created instances of Tomcat will suffer from it, as well. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a Tomcat instance by running '/usr/share/tomcat-8.5/gentoo/tomcat-instance-manager.bash --create' 2. Wait for 30 days. 3. Attempt to start the instance with '/etc/init.d/tomcat-8.5 start'. Actual Results: The instance fails to start, giving a error like this: tomcat-8.5-test | * Starting tomcat-8.5-test ... tomcat-8.5-test | * CATALINA_TMPDIR does not exist. Unable to start tomcat. tomcat-8.5-test | * Please see /etc/conf.d/tomcat-8.5-test for more information. Expected Results: The instance starts successfully. $ emerge --info Portage 3.0.51 (python 3.10.13-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop, gcc-12, glibc-2.37-r7, 6.5.0-pf5-dracut051 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-6.5.0-pf5-dracut051-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-8550U_CPU_@_1.80GHz-with-glibc2.37 KiB Mem: 32760516 total, 2513712 free KiB Swap: 41943036 total, 36953852 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:00:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: c50e2a9894174a216632f2aba67b07dc5dc55853 sh bash 5.1_p16-r6 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.40 p5) 2.40.0 distcc 3.4 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [enabled] ccache version 4.8.2 [enabled] app-misc/pax-utils: 1.3.5::gentoo app-shells/bash: 5.1_p16-r6::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.3.1-r1::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.38.0-r1::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.18_p16-r1::gentoo, 3.10.13::gentoo, 3.11.5::gentoo dev-lang/rust: 1.71.1::gentoo dev-util/ccache: 4.8.2::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 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Thanks. I feel like we should just drop it from systemd-utils at this point.
(In reply to Sam James from comment #1) > Thanks. I feel like we should just drop it from systemd-utils at this point. If you mean removing (or disabling) /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf, then it's probably the most appropriate solution for all these bugs.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=dafe17091a2bfa128ee7f706d63e76cc42e4c58f commit dafe17091a2bfa128ee7f706d63e76cc42e4c58f Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-03-28 21:09:36 +0000 Commit: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-03-28 21:12:06 +0000 sys-apps/systemd-utils: disable auto-cleanup of /tmp and /var/tmp This can go awry when people have non-standard mount options for these paths. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/910233 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/916623 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/917777 Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> sys-apps/systemd-utils/files/tmp.conf | 2 ++ .../{systemd-utils-254.10.ebuild => systemd-utils-254.10-r1.ebuild} | 4 ++-- .../{systemd-utils-254.8.ebuild => systemd-utils-254.8-r1.ebuild} | 4 ++-- sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-255.4.ebuild | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
