From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading DJGPP installations
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 02:27:39 -0800
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Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> 
> Is that the only reason those spacewasters are sitting there taking up
> virtual estate?  ie, can I ZIP up the DIR and kill it until I decide to
> 'uninstall' a package?

Absolutely.  On the other hand, I sometimes find the manifest directory
useful for looking up what package a given file resides in.  This is
especially useful considering the work I'm doing on DJVERIFY at the
moment.  :)

For most users, the manifest (and zoneinfo as well) directories are
pretty much useless, and can be zipped up or deleted.  I think the
former is better though, because to recreate the manifest dir you'd have
to reinstall all the packages, and that can be a bit of a pain.  :)

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