Re: unowned directory problem with /etc/logrotate.d

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Nicolas Mailhot wrote:

> 
> Le Ven 24 novembre 2006 11:15, Hans de Goede a écrit :
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Many packages drop config files for logrotate in /etc/logrotate.d.
>> without requiring logrotate, which is the owner of
>> /etc/logrotate.d, thus potentially leading to an unowned /etc/logrotate.d
>> for users who don't want logrotate and thus remove it.
>>
>> I see 2 solutions for this:
>> 1) Add "Requires: logrotate" to all packages which put files in
>> /etc/logrotate.d. IMHO this is not good as the user should be able
>>    to choose if he wants logrotate or not.
>> 2) Add /etc/logrotate.d to the filesystem package, this is my preferred
>> solution.
> 
> 3. add Requires: /etc/logrotate.d to /etc/logrotate.d users

That's not really all that different than 1.

For now, imo, the only viable alternative is 1.  Requires: logrotate

-- Rex

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