On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 09:58:46AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> > * This seems self-contradictory. Are you supposed to remove the created
> > directories or not?
> >
> > However, the package should create empty directories below
> > `/usr/local' so that the system administrator knows where to place
> > site-specific files. These directories should be removed on package
> >
> > removal if they are empty.
> >
> > Note, that this applies only to directories _below_ `/usr/local', not
> >
> > _in_ `/usr/local'. The directory `/usr/local' itself may only contain
> >
> > the sub-directories listed in FHS, section 4.6. However, you may
> > create directories below them as you wish. You may not remove any of
> >
> > the directories listed in 4.6, even if you created them.
>
> I think this means that if there's a /usr/local/lib and you respect a
> /usr/local/lib/gobble then you should create this directory. But if
> /usr/local/lib doesn't exist you shouldn't.
Not quite: if you created /usr/local/lib/gobble, then on package
purge/removal, you may
rmdir /usr/local/lib/gobble 2>/dev/null || true
but you may not rmdir /usr/local/lib even if /usr/local/lib didn't
exist when you installed the package.
Julian
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