Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:56:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul W Brannan <brannanp AT musc DOT edu>
To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
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Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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> > 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?

How about we port rpm to dos and when we want to uninstall something we
just use one program which checks certain dependencies?

Paul