marduk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 22:28 +0200, Andrej Kacian wrote: > > Are .keep files necessary in a live filesystem? AFAIK they're only > > there to keep portage from removing a directory from emerge-time > > image. Would it be possible to just remove them from live filesystem > > after package files are merged to / ? > > > > Or do .keep files serve another purpose, not obvious to me? > > > > I always thought that they were to keep 'emerge unmerge' from removing > an empty directory, but I could be wrong...
That, and to keep portage from removing empty directories during the post-merge clean phase. Were it not for the .keep files, portage would cheerfully remove any empty directories the first time the package was upgraded. -- Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. --Ghost in the Shell
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