On Mon, 14 Dec 2020, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote: > Say we have a recipe that creates an empty /etc/foo directory. Now we > want to add a new file in that directory /etc/foo/bar and package it as > ${PN}-bar. This means the creation of the /etc/foo directory is moved > from the ${PN} package to the ${PN}-bar package. Is there any way to > make ${PN} continue to create an empty /etc/foo, or is the only > alternative to introduce an /etc/foo/.dummy and package it in ${PN}?
it strikes me that creating an empty directory for no other reason than creating an empty directory is less-than-optimal design. the proper approach is that all file installation should create directories as needed. rday
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