On 4/12/11, Niels Thykier <[email protected]> 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 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 renamed using > dpkg-divert. If another package uses dpkg-divert to move A, then said > package is expected to provide a replacement for A that keeps pkgA > functional. Otherwise, the diversion can be done by the system > administrator; in this case the sysadmin is expected to know what he/she > is doing.
If pkgB adds a file /some/where/B, and no other packages have any files in /some/where, then who creates /some/where? Who deletes it when A and B are both removed? -PJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
