[Rpm-metadata] files listings

[Joe Shaw]

On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 18:58, Jeff Licquia wrote:
> > Critical files like: *bin/*, /etc* and /usr/lib/sendmail, would be
> > listed in the main file and others in the files-only xml file. This is
> > partially an apt-ism and partially a suggestion by adrian and partially
> > a suggestion by the ximian/red carpet people. I think it makes a lot of
> > sense, actually.
> 
> That's why I asked.  I could see good reasons for allowing file data in
> the main file.

For Red Carpet our only interest in it (in the main file) is for file
dependencies... I imagine that for Debian packages they wouldn't need to
be there at all.

> > > <file type="config/>
> > > <file type="char-device" major="foo" minor="bar"/>
> > > <file type="fifo"/>
> > > <file type="socket"/>
> > 
> > Do we need to carry this data along here?

It's not particularly useful information for us.

Joe