unowned directory problem with /etc/logrotate.d

[Hans de Goede]

Steven Pritchard wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:53:11PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
>>> 3. add Requires: /etc/logrotate.d to /etc/logrotate.d users
>> Which effectivly boils down to 1) except that it causes yum to take an 
>> extra 5-10 minutes to download file lists for all enabled repos.
>> (on a 1 mbit link) file based dependencies usually are not the answer!
> 
> But adding "Requires: /etc/logrotate.d" Just Works if the filesystem
> package starts providing that directory.
> 

No it won't because both the filesystem package and logrotate will
provide it. and since logrotate is the shorter name logrotate will get
chosen.



> If pulling down the file lists is that painful, is there some
> additional packing that can be done on them?
> 

It is, and not that I know of.

Regards,

Hans