2021-11-18 11:25 UTC+01:00, Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net>: > On 11/18/21 02:21, Andras Simon wrote: >> 2021-11-18 5:08 UTC+01:00, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com>: >>> On 18/11/2021 11:39, linux guy wrote: >>>> "And the "rm" man page also does not warn what would happen if one >>>> enters >>>> "rm -rf /home"." >>>> >>>> Sorry, not the same context. Giving an app a directory to use does >>>> not >>>> allow the app to delete data it didn't create. >>>> >>> >>> Quite apparently, it does in this case. >> >> Just because dnf does it, it doesn't mean that it is allowed to do it. >> In a very technical sense, yes, but then, say, firefox is also allowed >> to wipe your home directory. dnf should've created a subdirectory of >> /home and wiped *that*, afterwards. Just as other apps are creating >> subdirectories of .config and do their thing there. > > Except that this is a very different case. You're not telling dnf where > it can create its own directory. You are saying "this is your > directory, use it".
Yes, you have a point. It's a much better argument, than "it could, because it did". I still think the prudent (and simple) thing is to create a subdirectory and wipe that. Or at least put a scary warning in the documentation. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
