[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] Regex support while packaging files with %ghost (Discussion #3480)

[Panu Matilainen]

> Is it possible to ghost a regex pattern while packaging files?

Did you actually try it?

> Is it possible to own a directory fully in rpm, upon removal; the directory should get removed without bothering about the content within.
> ...
> %ghost %dir %{python3_sitelib}/cloudinit/__pycache__/

Yes, it's very common. Just drop the %dir because that specifically tells rpm that this entry is ONLY about the directory node itself, and not the contents.

As for your use-case for wanting to avoid bloating packages with redundant .pyc files: you might want to research the background as to why they are included in packages. There are multiple reasons for it, and none of them is "for fun".

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