At 12:57 PM 6/4/2009 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Brian Sutherland
<br...@vanguardistas.net> wrote:
> 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.
There probably needs to be an install option that prevents the file
record from being written, and this option should be used when
creating system packages.
3rd-party installation tools also should not overwrite or delete
files that are not in a RECORD file without prompting or warning.
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