Description of Problem: Because the mozilla-packages are containing LOTZ of unowned directories, these directories will be created with the current umask. When having restrictive administrator settings (umask 077), mozilla will not work. Another problem occurs when removing packages. Then a lot of orphaned directories are remaining. | $ rpm -qf /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1/ /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1/regExport | file /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 is not owned by any package | mozilla-1.0.1-24 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mozilla-1.0.1-24 How Reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. umask 077 2. make sure that mozilla is uninstalled completely (rm -rf /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1) 3. rpm -U mozilla-1.0.1-24.i386.rpm 4. ls -l /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 5. start mozilla as user 6. rpm -e mozilla Actual Results: | drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 01:16 /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 at 4; mozilla can not find files at 5 and /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 still exists after 6. Additional Information: The following directories are affected: * mozilla-1.0.1-24 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1/defaults/autoconfig o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1/res/dtd o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1/res/fonts * mozilla-chat-1.0.1-24 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 * mozilla-devel-1.0.1-24 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/absyncsvc o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/accessibility o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/addrbook o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/appcomps o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/appshell o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/autoconfig o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/browser o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/caps o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/chardet o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/chrome o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/commandhandler o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/composer o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/content o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/cookie o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/dbm o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/docshell o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/dom o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/downloadmanager o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/editor o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/embed_base o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/embedcomponents o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/expat o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/exthandler o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/filepicker o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/find o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/gfx o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/gfx2 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/gtkembedmoz o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/gtkxtbin o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/helperAppDlg o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/htmlparser o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/imglib2 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/impComm4xMail o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/import o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/inspector o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/intl o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/jar o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/java o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/jpeg o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/js o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/jsconsole o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/jsdebug o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/jsurl o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/layout o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ldap o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/libreg o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/locale o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/lwbrk o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mailnews o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mime o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mimeemitter o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mimetype o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mng o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mork o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mozldap o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mozxfer o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/mpfilelocprovider o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msgbase o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msgbaseutil o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msgcompose o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msgdb o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msgimap o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msglocal o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msgmdn o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msgnews o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/msgsmime o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/necko o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/necko2 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/nkcache o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/oji o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/pipboot o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/pipnss o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/pippki o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/plugin o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/png o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/pref o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/prefmigr o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/profile o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/progressDlg o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/rdf o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/rdfutil o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/regviewer o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/shistory o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/sidebar o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/string o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/transformiix o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/txmgr o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/txtsvc o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/uconv o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ucvcn o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ucvibm o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ucvja o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ucvko o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ucvlatin o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ucvmath o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ucvtw o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/ucvtw2 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/unicharutil o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/uriloader o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/util o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/view o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/wallet o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/walletviewers o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/webbrowserpersist o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/webbrwsr o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/webshell o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/widget o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/windowwatcher o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xml-rpc o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xmlextras o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xpcom o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xpconnect o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xpinstall o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xpnet o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xremoteservice o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xul o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xuldoc o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/xultmpl o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/zlib o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 o /usr/share/idl/mozilla-1.0.1 o /usr/share/idl * mozilla-dom-inspector-1.0.1-24 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1/res/inspector * mozilla-js-debugger-1.0.1-24 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 * mozilla-mail-1.0.1-24 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 o /usr/share/applications * mozilla-nspr-devel-1.0.1-24 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/nspr o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/nspr/md o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/nspr/obsolete o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/nspr/private o /usr/lib/pkgconfig * mozilla-nss-1.0.1-24 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1 * mozilla-nss-devel-1.0.1-24 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1 o /usr/include/mozilla-1.0.1/nss * mozilla-psm-1.0.1-24 o /usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.1
Is this still an issue?
I think this is a problem with the latest mozilla mozilla-1.7.7-1.1.3.4 in RHEL 3. I have an Issue Tracker opened on it now: 72095
*** Bug 155887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Will be fixed in mozilla version 1.7.8-1.1.3.2.
Resolving per comment 4.