On 2009-02-04 at 18:15:09 -0500, "Rick L. Vinyard, Jr." <rvinyard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Wouldn't this cause duplication of files? > > %files Emu > %defattr(-,root,root,-) > %{_datadir}/Foo/Animal/Emu > %{_datadir}/Foo/ > > %files Llama > %defattr(-,root,root,-) > %{_datadir}/Foo/Animal/Llama > %{_datadir}/Foo/ Yes, it would, but that's not quite right. The accurate example for the guideline case would be: %files Emu %defattr(-,root,root,-) %{_datadir}/Foo/Animal/Emu %dir %{_datadir}/Foo/Animal/ %files Llama %defattr(-,root,root,-) %{_datadir}/Foo/Animal/Llama %dir %{_datadir}/Foo/Animal/ In rpm macro speak, %dir means "own just this directory, and none of its contents". ~spot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list