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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: empty directories in ${D}
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On 03/29/2018 11:28 AM, Alec Warner wrote:
> 
> Is there any particular reason we need to remove them?
> 

The PMS says that empty directories are undefined, so the portage
behavior of installing them and leaving them alone leads to
incompatibilities. Ebuilds rely on the portage behavior, and if another
PM (within its rights) deletes them, then the package breaks with the
non-portage PM.