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[Jeff Johnson <n3npq@xxxxxxx>]

RPM has never had a concept of %doc or %config applied to directories.
The attributes can only be meaningfully applied to a file, there are too many
issues enforcing rules like
    All files in a %doc directory must also be %doc

And with %config its even trickier because its not possible to
devise a semantic equivalent to a digest applied a file that
is needed to determine what action rpm performs when upgrading.

The original problem is likely related to an "orphan directory" i.e. a
directory that MUST be created because its in the path, but that
is not packaged. So when the policy for including %lang marked files
does not match an file in the orphan directory, the directory is not
lazily created when needed.


** Changed in: rpm
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: rpm
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Jeff Johnson (n3npq)

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rpm does not create a directory when all files inside it are not installed cuz %lang
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/634100
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