From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j4M0brlW001948 for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 00:37:53 GMT Received: from c-24-10-82-41.hsd1.ca.comcast.net ([24.10.82.41] helo=phaenix.haell.com) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DZeTa-0008TV-FV for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 22 May 2005 00:37:54 +0000 Received: by phaenix.haell.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0E2F92335116; Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 17:37:53 -0700 From: Drake Wyrm To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] .keep files Message-ID: <20050522003753.GA15776@phaenix.haell.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <20050521222822.43a8e905@thelair.ynet.sk> <1116707899.20765.0.camel@blackwidow> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6TrnltStXW4iwmi0" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1116707899.20765.0.camel@blackwidow> X-Arch: athlon_tbird-gentoo-linux-gnu X-Fnord: There is no conspiracy X-Fortune: Byte your tongue. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 12426064-8348-4f11-b3e0-60501dd5ccf5 X-Archives-Hash: 516b644d53a51798949b703dbf331180 --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable marduk wrote: > On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 22:28 +0200, Andrej Kacian wrote: > > 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 / ? > >=20 > > Or do .keep files serve another purpose, not obvious to me? > >=20 >=20 > I always thought that they were to keep 'emerge unmerge' from removing > an empty directory, but I could be wrong... That, and to keep portage from removing empty directories during the post-merge clean phase. Were it not for the .keep files, portage would cheerfully remove any empty directories the first time the package was upgraded. --=20 Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? Kusanagi: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action. --Ghost in the Shell --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkKP1GEACgkQQWVmeKdhp/Jh9wCeKKXpefYGVmY6YxlvxYRpLZcd tkoAn007a9xUpXq88F7zB+kLuA7hhUky =I9I6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6TrnltStXW4iwmi0-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list