From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 1997 05:05:00 -0500 (EST)
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Subject:	Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote:

> 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.

Yes, thats the way that it is done now, however when shared libs
become a reality, and other programs share other files,
uninstalling becomes more complicated.  Ever try and uninstall
WordPerfect 6.1 from Win 3.1?


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