TODO

@@ -949,6 +949,7 @@ Features:
 
 * tmpfiles:
   - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
+  - replace F with f+.
   - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
   - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
     should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation

man/tmpfiles.d.xml

@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@
 
     <programlisting>#Type Path                                     Mode User Group Age         Argument
 f     /file/to/create                          mode user group -           content
-f+    /file/to/create-or-truncate              mode user group -           content
+F     /file/to/create-or-truncate              mode user group -           content
 w     /file/to/write-to                        -    -    -     -           content
-w+    /file/to/append-to                       -    -    -     -           content
 d     /directory/to/create-and-cleanup         mode user group cleanup-age -
 D     /directory/to/create-and-remove          mode user group cleanup-age -
 e     /directory/to/cleanup                    mode user group cleanup-age -
@@ -49,13 +48,10 @@ v     /subvolume/to/create                     mode user group -           -
 v     /subvolume-or-directory/to/create        mode user group -           -
 Q     /subvolume/to/create                     mode user group -           -
 p     /fifo/to/create                          mode user group -           -
-p+    /fifo/to/[re]create                      mode user group -           -
 L     /symlink/to/create                       -    -    -     -           symlink/target/path
-L+    /symlink/to/[re]create                   -    -    -     -           symlink/target/path
 c     /dev/char-device-to-create               mode user group -           -
-c+    /dev/char-device-to-[re]create           mode user group -           -
 b     /dev/block-device-to-create              mode user group -           -
-b+    /dev/block-device-to-[re]create          mode user group -           -
+# p+, L+, c+, b+ create target unconditionally, w+ appends to the file
 C     /target/to/create                        -    -    -     -           /source/to/copy
 x     /path-or-glob/to/ignore                  -    -    -     -           -
 X     /path-or-glob/to/ignore/recursively      -    -    -     -           -
@@ -68,10 +64,8 @@ T     /path-or-glob/to/set/xattrs/recursively  -    -    -     -           xattr
 h     /path-or-glob/to/set/attrs               -    -    -     -           file attrs
 H     /path-or-glob/to/set/attrs/recursively   -    -    -     -           file attrs
 a     /path-or-glob/to/set/acls                -    -    -     -           POSIX ACLs
-a+    /path-or-glob/to/append/acls             -    -    -     -           POSIX ACLs
 A     /path-or-glob/to/set/acls/recursively    -    -    -     -           POSIX ACLs
-A+    /path-or-glob/to/append/acls/recursively -    -    -     -           POSIX ACLs
-
+# a+, A+ append ACLs
 </programlisting>
   </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -161,16 +155,19 @@ L     /tmp/foobar -    -    -     -   /dev/null</programlisting>
       <variablelist>
         <varlistentry>
           <term><varname>f</varname></term>
-          <term><varname>f+</varname></term>
-          <listitem><para><varname>f</varname> will create a file if it does not exist yet. If the argument
-          parameter is given and the file did not exist yet, it will be written to the file.
-          <varname>f+</varname> will create or truncate the file. If the argument parameter is given, it will
-          be written to the file. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
+          <listitem><para>Create a file if it does not exist yet. If the argument parameter is given and the file did
+          not exist yet, it will be written to the file. Does not follow symlinks.</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
         <varlistentry>
-          <term><varname>w</varname></term>
-          <term><varname>w+</varname></term>
+          <term><varname>F</varname></term>
+          <listitem><para>Create or truncate a file. If the argument
+          parameter is given, it will be written to the file. Does not follow symlinks.</para>
+          </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
+          <term><varname>w, w+</varname></term>
           <listitem><para>Write the argument parameter to a file, if the file exists.
           If suffixed with <varname>+</varname>, the line will be appended to the file.
           If your configuration writes multiple lines to the same file, use <varname>w+</varname>.

src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ typedef enum OperationMask {
 typedef enum ItemType {
         /* These ones take file names */
         CREATE_FILE = 'f',
-        TRUNCATE_FILE = 'F', /* deprecated: use f+ */
+        TRUNCATE_FILE = 'F',
         CREATE_DIRECTORY = 'd',
         TRUNCATE_DIRECTORY = 'D',
         CREATE_SUBVOLUME = 'v',
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ static int truncate_file(Item *i, const char *path) {
 
         assert(i);
         assert(path);
-        assert(i->type == TRUNCATE_FILE || (i->type == CREATE_FILE && i->append_or_force));
+        assert(i->type == TRUNCATE_FILE);
 
         /* We want to operate on regular file exclusively especially since
          * O_TRUNC is unspecified if the file is neither a regular file nor a
@@ -1922,16 +1922,20 @@ static int create_item(Item *i) {
         case RECURSIVE_REMOVE_PATH:
                 return 0;
 
-        case TRUNCATE_FILE:
         case CREATE_FILE:
                 RUN_WITH_UMASK(0000)
                         (void) mkdir_parents_label(i->path, 0755);
 
-                if ((i->type == CREATE_FILE && i->append_or_force) || i->type == TRUNCATE_FILE)
-                        r = truncate_file(i, i->path);
-                else
                 r = create_file(i, i->path);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+                break;
 
+        case TRUNCATE_FILE:
+                RUN_WITH_UMASK(0000)
+                        (void) mkdir_parents_label(i->path, 0755);
+
+                r = truncate_file(i, i->path);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
                 break;

src/udev/udev-rules.c

@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ static int udev_rule_apply_token_to_event(
                 (void) udev_event_apply_format(event, token->value, value, sizeof(value), false);
 
                 log_rule_debug(dev, rules, "ATTR '%s' writing '%s'", buf, value);
-                r = write_string_file(buf, value, WRITE_STRING_FILE_VERIFY_ON_FAILURE | WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER | WRITE_STRING_FILE_AVOID_NEWLINE);
+                r = write_string_file(buf, value, WRITE_STRING_FILE_VERIFY_ON_FAILURE | WRITE_STRING_FILE_DISABLE_BUFFER);
                 if (r < 0)
                         log_rule_error_errno(dev, rules, r, "Failed to write ATTR{%s}, ignoring: %m", buf);
                 break;