From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tribhuvan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:32:48 GMT Organization: Optimum Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3E03D320.9000600@rcn.com> References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <101220021125583826%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <5l65u0i8zj.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <84k7ifo3s2.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <121220021324043990%ajanta@no.spam> <171220021132381961%ajanta@no.spam> <3DFFA457.1020103@rcn.com> <844r9b3exh.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <87y96m3xhg.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <84y96kyb6y.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <87isxow75a.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040438353 5653 80.91.224.249 (21 Dec 2002 02:39:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:39:13 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PZXi-0001Sz-00 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 03:39:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PZU4-0001x8-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 21:35:24 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news.webusenet.com!news01.optonline.net!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020920 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.text.tex,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.189.235.22 Original-X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1040437968 24.189.235.22 (Fri, 20 Dec 2002 21:32:48 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 21:32:48 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.sys.mac.apps:349444 gnu.emacs.help:108389 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4918 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4918 > >>I suggest that uninstall-PACKAGE be installed to the same directory as >>the other binaries from that package. > > > That's good, I think. > > What about the LIST-OF-FILES though? > > -Miles If something like this could be done in configure: configure --with-uninstall=/var/log/gnu/installed/PACKAGE.VERSION.log Then anyone can generate their own style of LIST-OF-FILES naming. And, if this formatted LIST file could be used by a script like: # sh uninstall.sh < /var/log/gnu/installed/PACKAGE.VERSION.log ...removing package-foo remove all pkg-foo files from /opt/sfw/bin [y|n|?]: remove all pkg-foo files from /opt/sfw/etc [y|n|?]: ...and so on. or simply: cat LIST-OF-FILES