On Fedora it was created in %post, but on Debian not. Unify it to simply provide the directory as standard package content.
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ install-common:
install -d $(DESTDIR)/var/run/qubes
install -d $(DESTDIR)/home_volatile/user
+ install -d $(DESTDIR)/rw
install-deb:
mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/etc/apt/sources.list.d
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ rm -f %{name}-%{version}
%dir /home_volatile
%attr(700,user,user) /home_volatile/user
%dir /mnt/removable
+%dir /rw
%package sysvinit
Summary: Qubes unit files for SysV init style or upstart