Too many unowned directories

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Feb 4 13:47:05 UTC 2009


Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> BTW, I could simplify the multi-font spec template a lot if having
> multiple subpackages own the same font directory was accepted.

Uh, this is already allowed by the guidelines:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#File_and_Directory_Ownership
> Although the rule of thumb is the same: own all the directories you create
> but none of the directories of packages you depend on, there are several
> instances where it's desirable for multiple packages to own a directory.
And then it gives 2 examples. Example 2 sounds a lot like the situation with
those font subpackages.

        Kevin Kofler




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