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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] prevent package from creating dir?
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:01:27
Message-Id: CAJ0EP42giG=y_xNJXx489h88j+qjHTuhjik00Gie1R0amGs0jw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] prevent package from creating dir? by Douglas J Hunley
1 On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Douglas J Hunley <doug.hunley@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > I've noticed that newer releases of systemd unconditionally create
3 > /var/log/journal if it doesn't exist. I'm getting tired of nuking this
4 > directory after every upgrade of systemd.
5
6 This specific example is a bug; we should not be installing an empty
7 directory. It either needs to be pruned or converted to a keepdir.
8
9 I opted for the former.
10
11 + 20 Oct 2014; Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> systemd-216-r1.ebuild,
12 + systemd-9999.ebuild:
13 + Remove empty /var/log/journal directory.