On 03/29/2018 11:28 AM, Alec Warner wrote: > > Is there any particular reason we need to remove them? >
The PMS says that empty directories are undefined, so the portage behavior of installing them and leaving them alone leads to incompatibilities. Ebuilds rely on the portage behavior, and if another PM (within its rights) deletes them, then the package breaks with the non-portage PM.
