The following changes were made:

* moved files out of unnecessasry directories
  * snap_version is now managed by this package
  * added /etc/mtab
  * added /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}

Makefile

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DESC = Base system directories and files
 ARCHIVE := 
 SRCDIR := $(PWD)/SRC/snap-base
 PATCHDIR := $(PWD)/SRC/patches
-VERSION := 0.0alpha1-0
+VERSION := 0.0alpha1-1
 
 include /usr/share/snap/Makefile.snaplinux
 

SNAP/usher

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ case $1 in
     exit 0
     ;;
   postinst)
-    if [[ ${TARGET} ]]; then
     if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/bashrc ]; then
       install -m 0644 ${TARGET}/usr/share/snap-base/bashrc \
         ${TARGET}/etc/bashrc
@@ -28,10 +27,14 @@ case $1 in
       install -m 0644 ${TARGET}/usr/share/snap-base/snap.conf \
         ${TARGET}/etc/snap.conf
     fi
-      if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/etc/snap_version ]; then
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/var/log/btmp ]; then
-        install -m 0644 ${TARGET}/usr/share/snap-base/snap_version \
+      install -v -m 600 /dev/null $(DESTDIR)/var/log/btmp
-          ${TARGET}/etc/snap_version
     fi
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/var/log/lastlog ]; then
+      install -v -m 664 /dev/null $(DESTDIR)/var/log/lastlog
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f ${TARGET}/var/log/wtmp ]; then
+      install -v -m 664 /dev/null $(DESTDIR)/var/log/wtmp
     fi
     ;;
   prerm)

SRC/snap-base/Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-install: base usr var lib snap
+install: base usr etc var lib snap
 
 base:
 	@install -v -d -m 0755 -o root -g root \
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ base:
 		$(DESTDIR)/root && \
 	install -v -d -m 1777 $(DESTDIR)/tmp $(DESTDIR)/var/tmp
 
+etc: base
+	@ln -sv /proc/mounts $(DESTDIR)/etc/mtab
+
+lib: usr
+	@ln -sv lib $(DESTDIR)/lib64 && \
+	ln -sv lib $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib64
+
+snap: usr
+	install -v -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/snap-base && \
+	install -v -m 0644 bashrc $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/snap-base/bashrc && \
+	install -v -m 0644 group $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/snap-base/group && \
+	install -v -m 0644 passwd $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/snap-base/passwd && \
+	install -v -m 0644 profile $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/snap-base/profile && \
+	install -v -m 0644 snap.conf \
+		$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/snap-base/snap.conf && \
+	install -v -m 0644 snap_version $(DESTDIR)/etc/snap_version
+
 usr: base
 	@install -v -d -m 0755 -o root -g root \
 		$(DESTDIR)/usr/{,local/}{bin,include,lib,sbin,src} && \
@@ -27,11 +44,3 @@ var: base
 	ln -sv /run $(DESTDIR)/var/run && \
 	ln -sv /run/lock $(DESTDIR)/var/lock
 
-lib: usr
-	@ln -sv lib $(DESTDIR)/lib64 && \
-	ln -sv lib $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib64
-
-snap: usr
-	install -v -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/snap-base && \
-	install -v -m 0644 usr/share/snap-base/* $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/snap-base
-	

SRC/snap-base/snap.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[sources]
+default = http://packages.snaplinux.org/ core dev main

SRC/snap-base/usr/share/snap-base/snap.conf

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[sources]
-default = http://packages.snaplinux.org/ core dev util