On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 07:25:52PM -0600, Rex Dieter alleged: > Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > > > > Le Ven 24 novembre 2006 11:15, Hans de Goede a ??crit : > >> 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 4. Split logrotate to have a filesystem subpackage that just owns the directories and have everything Require: logrotate-filesystem. -- Garrick Staples, Linux/HPCC Administrator University of Southern California
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