Bug 838712

Summary:	net-ftp/vsftpd-3.0.5-r1 installs /usr/share/empty/ instead of /usr/share/vsftpd/empty/
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ted Marston <ted>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Mike Gilbert <floppym>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	ted
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Ted Marston 2022-04-15 23:24:58 UTC

net-ftp/vsftpd-3.0.5-r1 installs /usr/share/empty/ instead of /usr/share/vsftpd/empty/. 
This is was fixed many rears ago for an earlier version, but the problem has reappeared. 
See bug #12834.

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2022-04-15 23:40:42 UTC

I think upstream uses /usr/share/empty. I don't see any reason to change it.

Comment 2 Ted Marston 2022-04-16 01:10:14 UTC

This is a change from where net-ftp/vsftpd-3.0.3-r4 put it.

Comment 3 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2022-04-16 03:22:35 UTC

The change is intentional.

In older versions of vsftp, we alter the path via a source code patch (vsftpd-2.3.5-gentoo.patch).

I see no reason to do so.

Comment 4 Ted Marston 2022-04-17 20:56:43 UTC

A Changes note to this effect would have saved me a few hours chasing a bug with a very vague error message.