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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 19:04:21 +0000
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Subject: Re: Uninstalling components
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On 20 Nov 96 at 8:59, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Alaric B. Williams wrote:
> 
> > >	rm -rvf @manifest/fil313b.mft
> > 
> > >This will delete all the files which come with fil313b.zip.  Neat, eh?
> > 
> > Beware! libhw, for example, overwrites djgpp.lnk / djgpp.djl - so if
> > you do this, you lose that file and have to reinstall it from the
> > original distribution!
 
> How else will you suggest to uninstall a package which overwrites DJGPP 
> files?  Won't you delete those files and reinstall them from the original 
> distribution? 

This is true, but leaving the modified djgpp.lnk should do no harm, 
and the removal of same without understanding of the consequences 
would probably result in a post saying "gcc is broken on my machine 
all of a sudden!"

> I think that deleting them will alert people that they 
> need to reinstall the missing file, which is much better than leaving the 
> altered files lurking and waiting to bite you later.

A matter of opinion!

Regards,


ABW
--
Governments are merely protection rackets with good images.

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