Xavier wrote: > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Gerardo Exequiel > Pozzi<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi devs, >> >> This mail is trigger by this problem [#1]. >> >> 1) PKG1 installs some directory without any files like "/some/common/dir" >> 2) PKG2 installs the same directory "/some/common/dir" with or without >> any files inside >> 3) Removing PKG2 also remove "/some/common/dir" that is installed by PKG1 >> >> This behaviour is expected? pacman only track files not directories >> true? Also tested with the latest pacman.git (at commit 30c4d53ce) >> >> packages like openssh that install an empty dir "/var/empty/" should >> also install a hidden file like "/var/empty/.keep.this.for.openssh" ? >> >> >> >> [#1] http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15668 (openntpd 3.9p1-7 uninstall >> removes /var/empty) >> >> > > pacman just does not take into account this case (package installing > empty directories) when removing directories. > It only does this : > if(S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) { > if(rmdir(file)) { > /* this is okay, other packages are probably using it (like /usr) */ > _alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "keeping directory %s\n", file); > } else { > _alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing directory %s\n", file); > } > > Maybe instead of trying to remove the directory, it should check all > existing packages to see if there is one owning this directory. > But this will slow down the -R operation, for each directory inside a package. > > And do we already have a bug report for this issue? I think it has > been mentioned before. > > OK maybe you talking about this [#1]? Then, in the case that pacman is "Won't fix/Not a Bug" issue. Then (in this case) openssh should install a hidden file in /var/empty that is a common directory for some packages. Or... ?
Thanks, [#1] http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11263 (Removing qt3 removes /opt) -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi ( djgera ) http://www.djgera.com.ar KeyID: 0x1B8C330D Key fingerprint = 0CAA D5D4 CD85 4434 A219 76ED 39AB 221B 1B8C 330D _______________________________________________ pacman-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev
