Package umask issues

[Tom Lane]

Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com> writes:
> Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
>> I'm inclined to add:
>> 
>> MUST: Packages should not create files in %post. All files should be
>> accounted for in %files.

> That isn't going to be easy to fix for all software.  It is desired though.

Would it work in such cases for the %post routine to just fill in the
contents of a file that was created (as empty, say) in the regular file
list?

			regards, tom lane