Re: pkg/35340 (pkgsrc OWN_DIRS bug where empty directories are pruned too earnestly)

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/35340; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/35340 (pkgsrc OWN_DIRS bug where empty directories are
 pruned too earnestly)
Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 21:22:31 +0000

 On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 11:15:00PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
  >  On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 10:55:56PM +0000, dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
  >   > I can replicate this with a simple test package.
  >  
  >  The problem is not that the wrong things are listed at the end of
  >  +DIRS; the problem is that +DIRS uses rmdir -p to remove dirs, so that
  >  any empty ancestor directories are pruned regardless of whether pkgsrc
  >  owns them or not.
 
 This still happens, btw.
 
 (Though the package in the original report seems to no longer be
 affected, as AFAICT it no longer uses OWN_DIRS.)
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost