Re: /usr/src/redhat on Debian?
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:
> Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 05:55:11PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote:
> > > > Because you have rpm installed, which may be because you installed
> > > > alien.
> > > I did install alien but these directories were all empty which is why
> > > I asked the question.
> >
> > If you use alien package, then these directory will be used. These
> > directories are directory needed by rpm. I think alien uses rpm to
> > unpack source.rpm.
>
> The directories are included in the rpm package for completeness, but
> very few people will ever use them. If they annoy you, you can safely
> remove them.
>
> Note that I have some plans to change the name to /usr/src/rpm, which is
> more accurate, but I have to make sure I do so in a way that does not
> break compatability with anything.
Then, isn't
/var/cache/rpm
a better name. If these directories are used as a staging space for
alien, they don't need to be in the exalted :-) /usr/src space.
- Hari
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