On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 04:30:15AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Summary: as far as I can see, the experimental version of dpkg plus > Bart's patch to fix this bug work quite well. I'm looking forward to > seeing them in unstable.
There is one problem with the patch: It has the potential to leave empty directories behind on removal (they will get removed on purge, though). This happens in the case that two packages which have both conffiles share a directory which has no conffiles in it. The directory will be left behind on removal even though there are no files left in it. (If that description was too terse, just ask. I can certainly explain that in more detail) This is because the test isdirectoryinuse is actually not what we want to test. The _real_ question is "is directory in use by my own conffiles?" Because if it isn't, there is no problem... Can someone more familiar with dpkg tell me how to express this question in code? Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
