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marduk <marduk@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 22:28 +0200, Andrej Kacian wrote: |
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> > Are .keep files necessary in a live filesystem? AFAIK they're only |
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> > there to keep portage from removing a directory from emerge-time |
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> > image. Would it be possible to just remove them from live filesystem |
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> > after package files are merged to / ? |
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> > Or do .keep files serve another purpose, not obvious to me? |
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> I always thought that they were to keep 'emerge unmerge' from removing |
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> an empty directory, but I could be wrong... |
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That, and to keep portage from removing empty directories during the |
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post-merge clean phase. Were it not for the .keep files, portage would |
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cheerfully remove any empty directories the first time the package was |
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upgraded. |
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-- |
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Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? |
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Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. |
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--Ghost in the Shell |
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