#1151905 systemd creating /tmp/.{X11,ICE,XIM,font}-unix breaks the mmdebstrap autopkgtest

Package:
systemd
Source:
systemd
Description:
system and service manager
Submitter:
Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Date:
2026-10-24 10:47:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1151905#5
Date:
2026-10-24 10:45:36 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

packaging commit 5474cadc8d58648693c6b8b2775be7fefe29ee0c breaks the mmdebstrap
autopkgtest because it installs the directories /tmp/.{X11,ICE,XIM,font}-unix
which are kept by debootstrap but cleaned up by mmdebstrap.

This bug is merely a tracking bug for the documentation in the mmdebstrap
autopkgtest:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mmdebstrap/-/blob/master/debian/tests/control

This helps maintaining a manually curated list of packages which trigger the
(rather long) mmdebstrap autopkgtest because they broke it in the past. It is
thus a reminder that the package systemd should become part of the list because
it breaks the tests check-against-debootstrap-dist and
as-debootstrap-unshare-wrapper in the autopkgtest of mmdebstrap.

Lets see if the BTS server control pseudo-header allows closing this bug
immediately after filing it with the same version. :)

Thanks!

cheers, josch