On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 02:12:13AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > > > [10:12:54 /tmp]$ dpkg -S /var/cache/man > > > dpkg: /var/cache/man not found. > > > > See the relevant bits from /var/lib/dpkg/info/man-db.postinst: > > > > if [ -d $catdir ] > > then echo " Removing catpages as well as $catdir hierarchy." > > rm -rf $catdir 2>/dev/null || true > > fi > > install -d -g root -m 02755 -o man $catdir > > Am I right that dpkg would know about this dir if it were installed during > the build of the package, say in debian/rules?
Yes. > I believe that it is preferable that every system dir would be known to > dpkg, which is why I want to issue a wish bug against man-db so that the > creation of this dir would be made in debian/rules. What do you think? Well, other than having it in dpkg -S output, it's a bit pointless, since the package's scripts will going to remove and rebuild it again each time... -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
