Thomas Jones wrote:
Isn't this functionality provided in your system via the update-desktop.desktop link? This file is generated upon every new installation and/or update that has any type of administrative notifications.
I don't use KDE. Notification through mail would be better.
As far as files being "snatched" up ----- isn't that covered by package requirements/dependencies in the rpm installation? Your rpm system should not allow the file(s) to be removed( i.e. the update should not be installed as well); because another package would be broken --- thus a fatal conflict. Unless you installed one or the other via source; or you forced the update.
I don't think that is how the gnome files were handled. The notification one received was that the directories /etc/opt/gnome2 and /opt/gnome2 were going to be removed by some script (rm -rf) and that you better move your files out before it happened. -- Rafael