On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 14:03 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > I think it would be entirely possible for rpm to differentiate between > directories that > a) preexisted before any rpm touched them > b) were created because an rpm needs to dump a file there > c) are explicitly owned by an rpm > and manage the creation and deletion of directories accordingly. > Refcounting comes to mind... Indeed, I would very much like to see rpm handle this correctly on its own, so we can get rid of that guideline. ~spot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list