Too many unowned directories

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Feb 4 13:49:31 UTC 2009


Panu Matilainen wrote:
> If mock/koji did a test install of the freshly built package into the
> build chroot, that'd catch these and all sorts of other silly mistakes too
> (Ever made a typo in manual dependency, scriptlet or so, making the
> package uninstallable? I know I have...) without exposing the poor users
> to packagers mistakes.

That sounds like a good idea. If (and ONLY if) this is implemented, having
the transaction fail on unowned directories would also be acceptable (but
only after a mass rebuild to get all the current instances fixed).

        Kevin Kofler




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