Edward Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote: > >>>Could you explain what the .packlist files are for? > >>They are used by ExtUtils::Installed for example to tell you which >>things you have installed, so when you upgrade your perl you know what >>to re-install. > >Ah - something that actually _uses_ them! I had thought that they were >leftovers of some packaging system which was never implemented, or a >'useful' feature which was easy to implement at the time, but turned out >not to be needed. > >In sporadic attempts to fix MakeMaker behaviour I haven't so far >bothered to update the packlists, they seemed like an unnecessary >distraction, what with all the other cruft in the package. I guess I'll >have to do the job properly (when I revisit it). > >>They can be used to un-install a package. > >How?
With ExtUtils::Install's uninstall(). > >- -- >Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Finger for PGP key > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > >iD8DBQE9WXKfIMp73jhGogoRAu90AJ9ifDsbjAjTnkQRx6QZ71a+30kitQCbBNh6 >LbxUmY2Ah+8jpzjihqCbGDI= >=qZpi >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Nick Ing-Simmons http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/
