Directories not owned by package

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le ven 16/01/2004 à 01:12, Michael Schwendt a écrit :
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:08:25 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> 
> > Well, if anyone cared about it the solution is simple - just make rpm
> > refuse to install packages if they make use of unclaimed directories.
> 
> Won't always be appropriate. There are packages with optional
> dependencies, which means they include files to be used together with some
> other component that is not a strict dependency. 

Then wouldn't it be appropriate that *both* packages own these
directories ? Since you are not enforcing any ordering anyway, the
symlinks issue is moot.

Cheers,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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