On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:48:04 +0300, Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> It says "Files under this directory", not "Files and directories under > this directory." Oh, cmon. If you are going to selectively quote, then I'll give you this: "This directory contains system information data describing the system since it was booted." So in my opinion, it is fine to "rm -rf /var/run/*" on system shutdown... > > Futhermore is continues with, > > "Programs may have a subdirectory of /var/run; this is encouraged for > programs that use more than one run-time file." > > So I'd say keepdir is legal here... Then the app in question can (and should) make the directory, not the ebuild. -Jeremy
