ghosting files with variable names

Michael A. Peters mpeters at mac.com
Mon Jan 16 01:27:52 UTC 2006


On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 17:15 -0800, Wart wrote:
> Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:30:22 -0800, Wart wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I've got a package that handles the rotation of its own log files
> >>(tclhttpd).  Each rotated log file is appended with the date.  Currently
> >>I 'rm -f' these files in the %postun section of the spec file.  Is it
> >>possible to use %ghost instead, even if I can't know the names of the
> >>files in advance?
> > 
> > 
> > Just don't. Log files do not belong into a package. They are run-time
> > generated temporary files. Don't delete them in %postun either.
> 
> Then how do I ensure that these log files get deleted when the package
> is removed?  Or should I not even bother about leaving them as leftover
> cruft?

Don't worry about log files.
Many packages (apcupsd, yum, cups, etc.) generate log files that are not
owned by any package.





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