chris wrote:
I've submitted a patch for an uninstall feature here:
http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue21
Hi Chris,
Yes, I saw it. Unfortunately, it is a setuptools extension, and I
don't want to use setuptools. I also want something which may be
integrated by distutils at some point.
Currently it works by creating an installed_files.log file in an egg
on install. This file is used during uninstall (-r option) to remove
all files associated with an egg. If an egg was installed before this
patch was applied, the only things missed will be external scripts.
It will also do some dependency checking. If the package being removed
is depended upon by something else, it will warn the user (showing
what needs that package). If the package being removed has a
dependency not needed by anything else, it presents the user with the
option of removing that dependency as well. Also, entries from
easy_install.pth are removed.
Do you think it would be possible to refactor it to split the
distutils/setuptools parts ? I could do it myself, obviously, but I
don't know anything about setuptools internals.
cheers,
David
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