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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:34:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: beldridg@...ox.com
To: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
Cc: owl-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: small fix to sysklogd .spec file

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Solar Designer wrote:

> What is your reasoning for this change?

for use with other distributions which _don't_ have /var/empty. this would
tell the user which other package they require.

> My reasoning to have it as /var/empty is to permit for export of the
> package into other distributions which also provide the directory.

this is a good point. i'm not an RPM expert, but can you do a requires
(/var/empty || owl-hier >= 0.4-1owl)?


- brett


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