2021-11-18 5:08 UTC+01:00, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko(a)greshko.com>:
On 18/11/2021 11:39, linux guy wrote:
> "And the "rm" man page also does not warn what would happen if one
enters
> "rm -rf /home"."
>
> Sorry, not the same context. Giving an app a directory to use does not
> allow the app to delete data it didn't create.
>
Quite apparently, it does in this case.
Just because dnf does it, it doesn't mean that it is allowed to do it.
In a very technical sense, yes, but then, say, firefox is also allowed
to wipe your home directory. dnf should've created a subdirectory of
/home and wiped *that*, afterwards. Just as other apps are creating
subdirectories of .config and do their thing there.
It's not even a question of which directory we're talking about. dnf
shouldn't even wipe /tmp