3 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 47aee318f..eaa807618 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+openssh (1:5.5p1-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Touch /var/run/sshd/.placeholder in the preinst so that /var/run/sshd,
+    which is intentionally no longer shipped in the openssh-server package
+    due to /var/run often being a temporary directory, is not removed on
+    upgrade (closes: #575582).
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:01:12 +0000
+
 openssh (1:5.5p1-5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Use an architecture wildcard for libselinux1-dev (closes: #591740).
diff --git a/debian/openssh-server.postinst b/debian/openssh-server.postinst
index 325af4ef4..4ed956454 100644
--- a/debian/openssh-server.postinst
+++ b/debian/openssh-server.postinst
@@ -473,6 +473,9 @@ commit_mv_conffile /etc/pam.d/ssh /etc/pam.d/sshd
 if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 1:4.7p1-1; then
     rm -f /etc/ssh/primes
 fi
+if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt 1:5.5p1-6; then
+    rm -f /var/run/sshd/.placeholder
+fi
 
 
 db_stop
diff --git a/debian/openssh-server.preinst b/debian/openssh-server.preinst
index 43c4b57f9..510070645 100644
--- a/debian/openssh-server.preinst
+++ b/debian/openssh-server.preinst
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ EOF
   if dpkg --compare-versions "$version" lt 1:4.7p1-4; then
     prepare_mv_conffile /etc/pam.d/ssh
   fi
+
+  if dpkg --compare-versions "$version" lt 1:5.5p1-6 && \
+     [ -d /var/run/sshd ]; then
+    # make sure /var/run/sshd is not removed on upgrades
+    touch /var/run/sshd/.placeholder
+  fi
 fi
 
 #DEBHELPER#