From: Andrej Kacian <ticho@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] .keep files
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 22:28:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050521222822.43a8e905@thelair.ynet.sk> (raw)
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Are .keep files necessary in a live filesystem? AFAIK they're only there
to keep portage from removing a directory from emerge-time image. Would it be
possible to just remove them from live filesystem after package files are
merged to / ?
Or do .keep files serve another purpose, not obvious to me?
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Andrej "Ticho" Kacian <ticho at gentoo dot org>
Gentoo Linux Developer - net-mail, antivirus, amd64
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next reply other threads:[~2005-05-21 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-21 20:28 Andrej Kacian [this message]
2005-05-21 20:38 ` [gentoo-dev] .keep files marduk
2005-05-22 0:34 ` Jason Stubbs
2005-05-22 0:37 ` Drake Wyrm
2005-05-22 19:19 ` Andrej Kacian
2005-05-22 21:31 ` Marius Mauch
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