From: ee89jje%ee.surrey.ac.uk (Ed) Subject: Re: Discussion: FS tree for large packages Date: 15 Oct 1992 14:17:36 GMT
Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI) wrote:
: I would personally prefer to have a scheme where packages are installed
: in such a way that all installed files are logged into a database, which
: can be used during uninstallation to decide which files should be
: deleted. I have played around with a few ideas to implement this, but
: don't have the time to make it work properly.
:
DRS/NX for ICL DRS6000 does this. It makes life so much easier for adding
and installing packages as each package comes with its own install and
uninstall scripts. I can get more details if anyone is interested.