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From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT ltu DOT se>
Subject: Re: Deleting an installed Autoconf ?
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Radical NetSurfer <RadSurfer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> No has explained @manifest  to me yet, and trying 

You want to do "info kb hidden feature" and read about "Long command
lines".

> Anyways, I never get any success _or_ failure message
> by executing 

> bash2.05b>  rm -rf @manifest\acnf259b.mft 

> statement, and that concerns me.

"echo $?" tells you the exit status of last executed program.

> Of course, the principal of what the acnf259b.mft  file
> tries to achieve is clear enough, and anyone should be
> able to construct a simple batch file to acheive a
> delete-package utility... 

There was/is a installation/update program called pakke. I think it
supported uninstallation as well.


Right,

						MartinS