On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:47 AM, Michael Orlitzky <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > So we could simply change the PMS to keep the empty directories? Why is removing them *better* is my question.
