On 2/23/06, Hiroshi SAKURAI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 2/23/06, Axel Liljencrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > * Automatically rename files with a name that is known to have been > > previously used by fish. This seems scary since a sysadmin might > > create a /etc/fish.d/fish_functions.fish files and be in for a > > surprise. > > * Pause the install process to interactively ask the user if s/he want > > to rename the relevant files. > > * Refuse to install if old deprecated init files still exist, and tell > > the user to use 'make uninstall' first. > > * Just send a big warning message if the relevant files are already > > present, but don't take any action. > > I like the fourth one. > I don't think the third one is good because it prevent users > who have deleted old tarball accidentaly from installing new tarball. >
Good point, but one can get around this by implementing a 'make uninstall' script in the new tarball that can uninstall older fish releases. Also, as an additional saftey, the error message could print the names of the offending files. > > -- > Hiroshi SAKURAI > http://vimrc.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ > -- Axel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
