On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:46 AM, DJ Delorie <dj(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> If I saw systemd-filesystem installed, then I would think that
> something needs to be placed into the systemd folder structure,
Perhaps the bug is this: that you need to install a whole other RPM
just to make a directory exist so you can put a file in it.
Why can't the RPM providing the file just make the directory and not
have a dependency at all?
As long your package doesn't need the package providing the directory for
normal functionality, there's no reason not to have your package own that
directory[1]. Packages that provide unit files, but are otherwise useful
in the absence of systemd would probably fall into this category.
Rich
[1]
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#The_directory_is_owne...