On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 01:23:21PM +0100, Paul Moore wrote: > 2009/6/4 Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com>: > >>> - PEP 376 | status : waiting for Phillip complementary feedback (and > >>> anyone else of course) > >> > >> > >> I can imagine distutils uninstalling files previously installed by dpkg > >> as a shortcut to breaking a machine. Though I'm not sure what will > >> actually happen in practice. > > > > Distutils defines a standard for an EGG-INFO structure, and provides a > > API for the uninstallation that is more likely to be a reference > > implementation. > > > > Although, It is already providing an install feature. > > > > If uninstalling a package with Distutils, while it was installed by dpkg > > breaks, > > > > I can imagine that in the very same system, you can also break it > > if you *install* packages with Distutils, easy_install, pip because > > you shortcut dpkg > > as well.
[...] > I'd say that it's distutils' responsibility not to offer to uninstall > anything it didn't install. So then it's up the the system to stop distutils from removing stuff it installed, i.e. don't install the RECORD files. No? Regards Floris -- Debian GNU/Linux -- The Power of Freedom www.debian.org | www.gnu.org | www.kernel.org _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
