From:	jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 1997 22:31:22 -0500 (EST)
To:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Cc:	yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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There's a main directory like /usr/apps then below that there are the
package names like /usr/apps/omega.
In the omega directory, there's the omega-specific files.
You want to uninstall one app, you just wipe out the
/usr/apps/omega directory.
On
Sun, 9 Mar 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, yeep wrote:
> 
> > > No, you don't understand what I mean.  Shared libs don't exist in
> > > DOS at all right now so adding them would be a NEW thing.  Any of
> > > the NEW features coming to DOS should try and support the FSSTND.
> > > This will aid the porting of many UNIX utilities and programs,
> > > and make life much simpler to EVERYONE.  Legacy apps would still
> > > run their normal way.  New apps could still run the old way too,
> > > however developers would have a lot of advantages to adhere to a
> > > standard such as FSSTND.  All config files go into \ETC, all
> > > LIB's in \LIB, user installed programs in \USR\LOCAL\LIB, or in
> > > something more DOSish such as \USR\APPS.
> > > 
> > > Most DOS programs don't NEED to use other directories, but those
> > > that would benefit by it could follow the FSSTND.  Shared libs
> > > will make this pretty much a good thing.
> > 
> > Shared libs sound good and all.
> > But I hate it when I have 500+ app's in one directory.
> > If you want top delete an app you no longer use, you've got to do some
> > seious searching to find out which binairies are for which app.
> > We've gotta make one helluva good standard to please both Linux users and
> > DOS users.
> 
> Don't know if I've replied to this yet or not, but....
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>

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