Hi guys,
I was looking into bug #1114586 and it reveals a significant number (400+) of
RPM packages which leave empty directories under /usr/share/doc when installed
with --excludedocs.
I've looked at a few of them and they had either
%dir %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}
%doc %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/some_file
or
%doc %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}
in their spec files.
The ones which don't leave behind empty directories specify only the
documentation files, not the name-version directories as part of the file list.
In my test all 400+ directories under /usr/share/doc are empty, no files in
them. Obviously we don't need these directories either. It is very likely people
who use --excludedocs will complain about these empty directories as well.
The Packaging Guide doesn't say anything about these name-version directories,
whether they should be specified in the spec file or only the indivisual files
specified. I'd like to hear your opinion on this packaging situation before I go
ahead and file hundreds of bugs into Bugzilla.
Thanks,
Alex
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