[Fedora-packaging] Directory ownership guidelines
Seth Vidal
skvidal at fedoraproject.org
Mon Mar 23 14:38:46 UTC 2009
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Mattias Ellert wrote:
>
>> It was suggested to me to bring this issue to this list.
>>
>> The packaging guidelines says that a package should not own a directory
>> that is owned by a package on which it depends.
>>
>> The packaging guidelines also says that packages should own all
>> directories needed in order not to leave orphaned directories after a
>> package de-installation.
>>
>> The way rpm/yum currently works these guidelines are contradicting and
>> you must choose which one to implement in your packaging.
>>
>> My question is - is this a bug in yum/rpm, or a flaw in the packaging
>> guidelines?
>
> bug.
What bug number is this?
-sv
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