Installing an empty directory with RPM

Question

In my install section of my rpm Spec file I have a bunch of mkdir's to create the directories I need. The ones that don't have any files installed in them get pruned out in the end and don't end up getting created. How can I ensure that the empty directories get created when it is all said and done?

Wichman

Answer 1

In your %files section:

%files
%dir /my/directory/name

Catarina

m1tk4- will the created directory be removed when the rpm is being uninstalled? – Recitativo

@OmerDagan Yes. – Sarong

Answer 2

A complete example of creating an empty directory and setting its permissions.

%define _log_dir /var/log/my_package_name

%install
mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_log_dir}

%files
%dir %attr(755,owner_name,group_name) %{_log_dir}

Matt