Re: bug in Hugs 1.4 and 1.3c arithmetic (Number library)

[Alastair Reid]

> I guess the main "warm fuzzy" feeling I get from packages is knowing
> that the packaging system is tracking which files belong to which
> packages, so that if I ever remove Hugs (not that I ever would!) or
> upgrade it, I know that there aren't old files lying around.

Aha! I knew there was a reason I started this thread.
Yes, that's definitely a win!

I avoid the worst of these upgrade-related problems by _always_
 installing in my home dir if at all possible. 
Works great on a personal workstation but less good on shared machines.

Alastair