Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:20:08 +0100 (MET)
From:	<yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
To:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
cc:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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> Don't know if I've replied to this yet or not, but....

They have :-)

> Check out the MANIFEST directory in DJGPP, and also the
> /var/log/packages dir in slackware.  They hold a record of all
> installed programs, and where they have been installed.  This
> makes uninstalling very trivial.  Slackware's uninstall is smart
> enough to check to see if more than one package uses the same
> file too.  This could easily be extended to DOS.

Yes, but that only works if you install with the pakagetool stuff.
But if you install using the sourcecode with "make install", most of the
time, they don't keep a record, though I have seen some programs
supporting a "make uninstall".

	Yeep

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