Avoid shipping (empty) directories and ghost files in /var (jsc#PED-14853)

This was originally intended to ensure these paths had a designated package
owner. However the existing list was neither exhaustive nor up to date. To
better support immutable images, we are removing these entries and will now keep
only /var/lib/systemd as owned by the systemd package. Maintaining the broader
list provided little value due to its ongoing inconsistency anyways.

files.journal-remote

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/systemd/journal-remote.conf.d
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/systemd/journal-upload.conf.d
-%ghost %dir %{_localstatedir}/log/journal/remote
 # Main config files have been replaced in favor of drop-ins.
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/systemd/journal-remote.conf
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/systemd/journal-upload.conf

files.systemd

@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 %dir %{_journalcatalogdir}
 %dir %{_libdir}/systemd
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd
-%dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/catalog
-%dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/coredump
-%dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/rpm
 %dir %{_modprobedir}
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/X11/xorg.conf.d
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/binfmt.d
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@
 %ghost %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/locale.conf
 %ghost %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/machine-info
 %ghost %dir %attr(2755, root, systemd-journal) %{_localstatedir}/log/journal
-%ghost %{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/catalog/database
 # Main config files have been replaced in favor of drop-ins.
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/systemd/journald.conf
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/systemd/logind.conf

files.udev

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 %ghost %attr(444, root, root) %{_sysconfdir}/udev/hwdb.bin
 %ghost %attr(644, root, root) %{_prefix}/lib/udev/compat-symlink-generation
 %ghost %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/vconsole.conf
-%ghost %{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/backlight
 # Main config files have been replaced in favor of drop-ins.
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/systemd/pstore.conf
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/systemd/sleep.conf

systemd.changes

@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  5 14:13:44 UTC 2026 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
+
+- Avoid shipping (empty) directories and ghost files in /var (jsc#PED-14853)
+
+  This was originally intended to ensure these paths had a designated package
+  owner. However the existing list was neither exhaustive nor up to date. To
+  better support immutable images, we are removing these entries and will now
+  keep only /var/lib/systemd as owned by the systemd package. Maintaining the
+  broader list provided little value due to its ongoing inconsistency anyways.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  4 10:49:42 UTC 2026 - Franck Bui <fbui@suse.com>
 
 - Import commit fb9d92682b2469aa205d4df3ffea61e4806ed0e9
 
-  b9d92682b terminal-util: stop doing 0/upper bound check in tty_is_vc() (bsc#1255326)
+  fb9d92682b terminal-util: stop doing 0/upper bound check in tty_is_vc() (bsc#1255326)
   80ec26cee0 core/dbus-manager: propagate meaningful dbus errors from EnqueueMarkedJobs
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------

systemd.spec

@@ -1005,11 +1005,6 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysusers.d/
 # system will complain. This is odd since we simply own a ghost file in it...
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/X11/xorg.conf.d
 
-# Make sure directories in /var exist.
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/coredump
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/catalog
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/rpm
-
 # Make sure the NTP units dir exists.
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_ntpunitsdir}
 
@@ -1040,15 +1035,11 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_userpresetdir}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_systemd_system_env_generator_dir}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_systemd_user_env_generator_dir}
 
-# ghost directories with default permissions.
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/backlight
-
 # ghost files with default permisssions.
 touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
 touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/vconsole.conf
 touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/locale.conf
 touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/machine-info
-touch %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/systemd/catalog/database
 
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}%{_mandir}