[Bug 165314] Review Request: kismet -- A WLAN detector, sniffer and IDS

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Summary: Review Request: kismet -- A WLAN detector, sniffer and IDS


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165314





------- Additional Comments From j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl  2006-05-11 10:23 EST -------
(In reply to comment #20)
> > *These:
> >  Requires(pre):          %crontabdir
> >  Requires(postun):       %crontabdir
> 
> ... are required resp. the best current way to express:
> 
> * the directory must exist before the package places files into it. Else,
>   when the directory is a symlink (e.g. compare /etc/init.d) in the owning
>   package, you will create oddities.
> 
> * the package must be removed before the directory. Else, the directory
>   can not be removed because it still contains files from 'kismet' and
>   becomes orphaned.  Therefore, a strict '%crontabdir -> kismet' order
>   on installation, and 'kismet -> %crontabdir' order on uninstallation
>   is required. A plain 'Requires:' does not *guarantees* such an order.
> 
> 

I just hit a problem in a package of mine being reviewed where I have exactly
this problem (package owning dir being removed before the packages which
requires the dir is). So I tried fixing it, unfortunatly this doesn't seem to
help, rpm bug? See: Bug #190878 .

Any help much appreciated.


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