On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:11:30 +0000, Richard wrote: > Why can't RPM deal with it? Because it doesn't do it yet? ;) Perhaps it's not even easy to implement in RPM's current code base? Sometimes there are lots of reasons why something isn't done. For example, RPM fails at replacing a symlink with a directory during updates. This has been discussed several times before [with RPM devs saying that a real solution would be difficult/complex]. It still hits users around the world occasionally when package maintainers carelessly hack on their %files lists. > It should be able to track which package(s) needed to create a > particular directory, and remove it once those packages are gone. Yes, refcounting directories or creating missing %files %dir entries on-the-fly sounds like a solution. It seems to be at the bottom of the TODO list, however. Interestingly, scanning for unowned directories also reveals misplaced files. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
