[issue12405] packaging does not record/remove directories it creates

[Éric Araujo]

Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> added the comment:

> IMO in this situation, a and b were created by the installation and so
> should be removed, unless they contain files not added during installation.

I share that opinion.  So, the first step would be to record created directories.  We could extend PEP 376 and write entries without hash nor length record for directories in RECORD, or use another file in the dist-info dir.

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