[arch-general] [transcode] Updated PKGBUILD

[Daniel J Griffiths]

Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 19:23, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Shouldn't /var/empty be created by filesystem package,
>>>>>> instead of by packages that require it? (like openssh and openntpd)
>>>>>>             
>>>>> It is.
>>>>>           
>>>> It is not:
>>>> $ pacman -Ql filesystem | grep empty
>>>> $
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> The problem is these packages "install" it in their tarball, so
>>>>> when you remove one of them and pacman sees an empty directory left
>>>>> behind, it thinks it is no longer necessary and removes it.
>>>>>           
>>>> Yes, I know this, but what I suggest is to fix in in a different way:
>>>> installing it as part of filesystem and fix packages to not install it.
>>>>         
>>> Or just install /var/empty/.$pkgname or something silly like that
>>>       
>> And then defeat the purpose of having a completely empty directory?
>>     
>
> Is it actually required to be completely empty? I thought it was just
> assumed to be empty, but that wasn't a requisite
>
>   
In some, if not all, situations it is required to be completely empty.