On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:39:30 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 10:32 -0700, Orion Poplawski wrote: > > Maybe the third time is the charm: > > > > I want to install a file into /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ but I don't > > want to Requires: /usr/share/emacs/site-list/. > It would have to be > Requires(pre): usr/share/emacs/site-list > because otherwise rpm won't be able to handle this correctly. $ repoquery --whatprovides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp desktop-file-utils-0:0.10-6.1.i386 subversion-0:1.3.0-4.2.i386 autoconf-0:2.59-7.noarch emacs-el-0:21.4-14.i386 libidn-0:0.6.2-1.1.i386 emacs-common-0:21.4-14.i386 fedora-rpmdevtools-0:1.5-1.fc5.noarch gforth-0:0.6.2-6.fc5.i386 flim-0:1.14.7-3.noarch $ repoquery --whatprovides /usr/share/emacs emacs-el-0:21.4-14.i386 emacs-leim-0:21.4-14.i386 emacs-common-0:21.4-14.i386 fedora-rpmdevtools-0:1.5-1.fc5.noarch gforth-0:0.6.2-6.fc5.i386 All of these packages claim that they provide Emacs' data directory and would satisfy above "Requires(pre)". This is is harmless as long as you get what you want: the directory with proper access privileges. If you want anything inside that directory, you need a more strict requirement, a different "Requires:". > > Do I own > > /usr/share/emacs... in my package or do I leave open the possibility > > that the dir is unowned if emacs in not installed? > I definitely prefer multiple ownerships on dirs, because otherwise > "rpm -e multiple packages" won't handle it correctly and can cause > orphaned directories to stay around in a system. > > Of cause there exists the permission's issue on multiply owned dirs, but > if packages are packaged correctly and don't try to play tricks with > ownerships/permissions, this should be a non-issue. What works with /usr/share/emacs may fail with other directories. Be especially careful with the ownership and access privileges when including a directory which belongs into a different package like Emacs. -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
