Re: How are directories managed.

On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:43:10 +0530, harish badrinath wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:26 AM, 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

Re: How are directories managed.

On 4/12/11, Niels Thykier wrote: > 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 a

Re: How are directories managed?

On Tuesday, April 12, 2011 07:12:15 am Niels Thykier wrote: > 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 ren

Re: How are directories managed.

-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

Re: How are directories managed.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:26 AM, 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 packag

How are directories managed.

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