Mattias Ellert wrote, at 03/23/2009 11:31 PM +9:00:
Hi!
It was suggested to me to bring this issue to this list.
The packaging guidelines says that a package should not own a directory that is owned by a package on which it depends.
The packaging guidelines also says that packages should own all directories needed in order not to leave orphaned directories after a package de-installation.
The way rpm/yum currently works these guidelines are contradicting and you must choose which one to implement in your packaging.
My question is - is this a bug in yum/rpm, or a flaw in the packaging guidelines?
I guess this is a bug in rpm. As far as I am correct current Fedora packaging guidelines assume this is properly handled by rpm. Actually I filed bug 490975 and am waiting for comments from rpm maintainers.
Regards, Mamoru