Description of problem: $ rpm -qf /usr/share/doc/hal-0.5.2/conf file /usr/share/doc/hal-0.5.2/conf is not owned by any package The net effect is that updating hal package cannot remove 'conf' subdirectory and after a version change one gets various /usr/share/doc/hal-0.* "leftovers" as a directory to remove was not empty. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): hal-0.5.2-1 and earlier