-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2011-04-12 03:56, Paul Elliott wrote: > > This may be a FAQ but I could not find the answer in the documentation: > > How are directories managed? When does a directory get deleted? What is the > lifetime of a directory? Is a directory owned by a specific package? > > Which packages are alowed to deposit files in a specific directory? What > exactly > are the rules? >
Hi I think it is easier for us to answer your question if you can be a little more specific on what you want to know/do. Depending on what you are trying to do the answer may be covered by the Policy, FHS or/and the interface of certain packages (e.g. like installing files into /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/). > If a package wants to put files in a directory, how does the package "know" > that the directory will live longer than the file? > Assuming your question is something like: "If pkgA installs a file A as /some/where/A, how can pkgA know that A is not removed before pkgA is removed/uninstalled?" If we take the very simple case for a moment, then this is given that A will exist as long as pkgA is installed. dpkg will not remove directories as long as a file exists in it. Extending it a bit, the file A can legally be renamed using dpkg-divert. If another package uses dpkg-divert to move A, then said package is expected to provide a replacement for A that keeps pkgA functional. Otherwise, the diversion can be done by the system administrator; in this case the sysadmin is expected to know what he/she is doing. ~Niels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNpEGfAAoJEAVLu599gGRCpXcP/2jitRJoQ1kg7iszl04n9uau XFjsXFQmq18gG9pO0S+33H39/LpNfodnW+Zx/F1L5VrEPpZBT3tnLQYf+enwfRur +N1yjAL+HyU40HrhRWmm5t7GnUi0s3OVSyNb5TljXgaGdmgGAih7dLpMvzG8hugU bc4/dswPFMltO/3l0AJE26GztKbnfwNyeSSToN1G9kb3pJcetZfvaeodzh8PRBzw ByMdPEq3tq4TXuF+jhSBy2yNxeycG2HvcZdDXA8JagXoX8J150c8Vcj3nztvHnOU WMP4VBrvQL0j6uT4a05m1Ey730lmogspOozSUiuH0MCS1RL54eXarZj++ZjLSkBz 7sykoUYcXDjtq8aFELMjc28Ih56lQZBB9aWrRwDDE4Bvb2Q9D3Vv8wjpSuQfEgSG kfZYOt/CuyXou0gR/7HQThYI2K8BVaVy4pRm/d/oq4+yL8xZBrKRRK7MnphTtbiq +jgIItQ5ZfEdyUv2jZHLX4TBYMqFwat3RWDSanCJNa4JFg2LbuGNCqP0WKgMvvJf yFRjeC0dVdTgDHzNC9CqdmqD1NlaQnyGaCf/OVD3jDKW4Mp6TnNb88cefLSUcdNs DSCUlBNJWekM2Ba1Ayz+jepCdwlAwh9+gKwDoscSx4cWrxkDmnMyWJTykIfcNwuz YgrRkdqTsLmiuDTIr9v6 =q7Jh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4da4419f.6050...@thykier.net
