*bsd get_runtime_dir()

[ThomasWaldmann]

from platformdirs we get /run/user/1001/pytest, then we call os.makedirs(d, mode=511, exist_ok=True) and that fails on os.mkdir("/run", mode=511) due to permission denied.

[ThomasWaldmann]

Root cause: there is no /run dir on freebsd (same on openbsd, netbsd), so platformdirs is giving us a invalid directory.

Can someone manage filing a bug there? Thanks!

[ThomasWaldmann]

export BORG_RUNTIME_DIR=/whatever can be used as a workaround until this is fixed.

[RayyanAnsari]

does installing pam_xdg help?

[ThomasWaldmann]

didn't try that. is that something usually found on bsd systems?

[RayyanAnsari]

it's a package in freebsd, not sure about the other ones.
freshports says it has no dependent packages, so I'm guessing it's not installed by default?

[RayyanAnsari]

i was busy for a bit, but it looks like someone contributed a fix in the meantime tox-dev/platformdirs#194

does that fix this?

[ThomasWaldmann]

Left a comment there. Guess it at least does not return a completely invalid path any more.

OTOH, not sure if it always works as expected, see there.

[ThomasWaldmann]

TODO: retry with current platformdirs release.

[RayyanAnsari]

note: platformdirs can also create the directory itself, using the ensure_exists arg.

[RayyanAnsari]

is this now fixed?

[ThomasWaldmann]

Not sure. They merged a change that I guess should work for non-root logged-in users, but not sure about root or when running stuff as a system service.

[ThomasWaldmann]

Current code / packages on freebsd:

>>> from borg.helpers.fs import get_runtime_dir
>>> get_runtime_dir()
'/tmp/runtime-1001/borg'
>>> from platformdirs import *
>>> user_runtime_dir()
'/tmp/runtime-1001'

So guess this is fixed now.

[ThomasWaldmann]

tox-dev/platformdirs#201