[Bug 1250668] Re: upstart session for dbus has hard coded .cache directory

[Simon McVittie]

As of dbus/1.10.6-1ubuntu2 (the relevant change seems to have been in
1.8.12-1ubuntu1), the Upstart job creates that directory but then
doesn't do anything with it, because the session bus address is now
stored in XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.

This is one of several ways in which the Upstart job is far more
complicated than it needs to be, for which I'll open a separate bug.

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Title:
  upstart session for dbus has hard coded .cache directory

Status in dbus package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Description:    Ubuntu 13.10
  Release:        13.10

  
  Package: dbus
  Architecture: amd64
  Version: 1.6.12-0ubuntu10


  The file /usr/share/upstart/sessions/dbus.conf contains a hardcoded
  path to the .cache directory, making the use of XDG_CACHE_HOME
  variable non working.

  The fix could to change line
  echo "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}" >$HOME/.cache/upstart/dbus-session
  into
  echo "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}" >${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/upstart/dbus-session

  I tested it and it works for me...

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