[Fedora-packaging] Directory ownership guidelines

[Mamoru Tasaka]

Hello:

Mattias Ellert wrote, at 03/25/2009 02:24 PM +9:00:
> mån 2009-03-23 klockan 23:38 +0900 skrev Mamoru Tasaka:
>> Mattias Ellert wrote, at 03/23/2009 11:31 PM +9:00:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> 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?
>> I guess this is a bug in rpm. As far as I am correct current Fedora packaging
>> guidelines assume this is properly handled by rpm.
>> Actually I filed bug 490975 and am waiting for comments from rpm maintainers.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mamoru
> 
> I added my test case to your existing bug report.
> 
> Considering that this bug is the cause for thousands of packages
> violating the packaging guidelines, should the severity/priority of the
> bug be raised? Should it be made a blocker?
> 
> 	Mattias

For now I marked this as F11Target (I don't think that we should stop
reviewing submitted review requests until this bug is fixed)

Mamoru