mån 2009-03-23 klockan 23:38 +0900 skrev Mamoru Tasaka: > Mattias Ellert wrote, at 03/23/2009 11:31 PM +9:00: > > Hi! > > > > It was suggested to me to bring this issue to this list. > > > > The packaging guidelines says that a package should not own a directory > > that is owned by a package on which it depends. > > > > The packaging guidelines also says that packages should own all > > directories needed in order not to leave orphaned directories after a > > package de-installation. > > > > The way rpm/yum currently works these guidelines are contradicting and > > you must choose which one to implement in your packaging. > > > > My question is - is this a bug in yum/rpm, or a flaw in the packaging > > guidelines? > > I guess this is a bug in rpm. As far as I am correct current Fedora packaging > guidelines assume this is properly handled by rpm. > Actually I filed bug 490975 and am waiting for comments from rpm maintainers. > > Regards, > Mamoru I added my test case to your existing bug report. Considering that this bug is the cause for thousands of packages violating the packaging guidelines, should the severity/priority of the bug be raised? Should it be made a blocker? Mattias
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