From: Luis Hernandez <newton AT math DOT gatech DOT edu>
Message-Id: <199708030313.XAA02303@math118.coon.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: DJGPP componentt (un)Install
In-Reply-To: <199708030151.LAA29272@wumpus.its.uow.edu.au> from Brett Leslie Porter at "Aug 3, 97 11:51:20 am"
To: blp01 AT uow DOT edu DOT au (Brett Leslie Porter)
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 23:13:19 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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> Hi
> 
> I'm one of the much discussed "Newbies" on this mailing list, so please 
> be patient with me.

  Please! Everybody --DJ for example ;-)-- has been a Beginner and everybody
  is a Beginner at the beginning ;-)

> My main question is in regard to installing and uninstalling components 
> of DJGPP. I've noticed that most components log their contents to the 
> manifest folder. I was wondering if there is a program that will 
> uninstall a selected component? IF there isn't, I was intending to write 

  Not exactly an uninstaller, but (and this has been discussed some time
  ago) you can use rm. rm comes with the v2gnu/ zips. Now, this is exactly
  the example that Eli used in that occasion:
  "
          rm -rvf @manifest/fil313b.mft
	  
  This will delete all the files which come with fil313b.zip.  Neat, eh?
  "
  
  Off course, that also erases some files that are included in more than
  one package (well, ussually that doesn't matters, because you'll replace
  that files with those on the new version, for example).
  
> one to get used to the new environment of DJGPP (I come from a 
> Borland background). I think this would be a handy feature.
> 
> BTW, I can't use the newsgroup, and I would just like to check: if I want 
> to reply to a message on this group, I reply to the original sender and 
> send a copy (Cc) to djgpp AT delorie DOT com, right?

  Yeap!
  
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Brett Porter.

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