Thanks, Fil, Created CB-4077 to track this. I'll start working on separating those functions.
Ian On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > File an issue over at issues.cordova.io, tag plugman, and we can go from > there > > On 7/4/13 12:59 PM, "Ian Clelland" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >This is the first time I've tried to use the CLI tools with the new 3.0 > >project structure, and I've discovered that I can't uninstall a plugin > >that > >only has dependencies (no source files, either JS or native) > > > >Specifically, I've built a mobilespec app, installing > >the mobile-spec-dependencies plugin, which does nothing but depend on > >every > >Cordova core plugin. I want to remove it, so that I can remove and > >reinstall one of the dependencies, but the CLI tools will not remove it. > > > >Digging through cordova-cli, it looks like "cordova plugin rm" attempts to > >invoke plugman.uninstall once per platform, but mobile-spec-dependencies > >doesn't declare any platforms. > > > >plugman.uninstall seems to do two things, which I think should be > >separated: It removes the plugin from a specific platform, and it removes > >the plugin from the project itself. > > > >In the case of a dependency-only plugin, we only need to do the second > >task > >(which currently doesn't get done). For a regular plugin which is > >installed > >in multiple platforms, this also fails, since removing the plugin for the > >first platform deletes the plugin source directory, and then removal for > >subsequent platforms fails with the error message "[Error: Plugin <plugin > >id> not found. Already uninstalled?]" > > > >Can anyone explain the technical reasons behind this, or should I work on > >separating those functions? > >
