On Tuesday, April 12, 2011 07:12:15 am Niels Thykier wrote: > If we take the very simple case for a moment, then this is given that A > will exist as long as pkgA is installed. dpkg will not remove > directories as long as a file exists in it. > Extending it a bit, the file A can legally be renamed using > dpkg-divert. If another package uses dpkg-divert to move A, then said > package is expected to provide a replacement for A that keeps pkgA > functional. Otherwise, the diversion can be done by the system > administrator; in this case the sysadmin is expected to know what he/she > is doing. > > ~Niels So if a bunch of related packages all need to own files in the same directory, and if none of these packages has a long lifetime, there does not need to be a long lived package just to keep the directory in existance; the directory will go away when all the packages that use it are gone. Is that correct? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott@BlackPatchPanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117
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