I wrote: > Can dpkg tell the difference between the package that creates a directory > and one that merely puts a file in it?
William Ono writes: > Consider Packages A and B that install things in /usr/foo. If A is > installed first, then A creates /usr/foo and puts files in it. Then, > later, B puts files there, too. But if B is installed first, then B > creates /usr/foo; A installed later just puts files in there. I was thinking of the case where B depends on A. However, you have a point: nothing I know of prevents two independent packages from sharing a directory that they do not share with any package either depends on. Since A may have created the directory so that something A installs can use it later, it may never be safe to remove an empty directory. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
