Jan Engelhardt schrieb:
On Friday 2019-12-06 17:37, Adam Majer wrote:
More interestingly, rpm itself doesn't own its own files either.
/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/.rpm.lock /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/Basenames /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/Conflictname /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/Dirnames /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm/Enhancename ...
That is quite expected. I would not expect to lose the actual databases. `rpm -e rpm` should not remove (what was once) /var/lib/rpm, `rpm -e mariadb` should not remove /var/lib/mysql, and `rpm -e postfix` should not delete my mails.
I can see the case for removing rpm *and* the database in order to e.g. strip down container images. Which situation do you envision where you would want to remove the package but keep the db? What's missing from rpm indeed is a feature to somehow (recursively) flag data files and directories. Thinking of Android where it's possible to delete data and/or cache of apps. cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.com/ SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org