On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:03:12 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Who else thinks that this part of texlive-base's %preinstall is not really > such a hot idea: > > for i in `find /home/*/.texlive* -type d -prune`; do > find $i -name *.fmt -type f | xargs rm -f > /dev/null 2>&1 > done This is a violation of the packaging guidelines. At least some packager sponsors have been teaching "don't mess within /home" during review. Though, it seems, it has not been added to the Wiki except for this: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_Files_or_Directories_under_.2Fsrv.2C_.2Fusr.2Flocal.2C_or_.2Fhome.2F.24USER | In addition, no Fedora package can contain files or directories or | modify files under: | | [...] | | /home/$USER as users can arbitrarily modify the files in their home | directories and rpm packages that modify those files run the risk of | destroying user data. Additionally, sites may be nfs mounting /home on | many different types of systems or even network automounting them on | demand. Modifying files in home directories that are thus configured | will have negative effects in both of these situations. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-packaging/2008-February/msg00106.html | On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 11:17 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: | > /home is mine; packages cannot ever safely touch anything there. | | This seems like a succinct point to add to the Guidelines. | | ~spot -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
