At 06:21 PM 2/24/2009 +0000, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 09:53:17PM -0500, P.J. Eby wrote:
> So, the uninstallation code should simply not remove file(s) that are
> referenced by more than one manifest in the target directory -- a
> relatively simple, future-proof safeguard, that doesn't require any
> specific knowledge of "namespace packages" per se.
But it does require that the uninstall reads all *.egg-info/RECORD
files in a site directory when uninstalling. That's slow, but I guess
that's fair enough.
You're going to need to look at all the egg-info dirs anyway, at
least if you're planning to verify whether another installed package
depends on the package you're removing.
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