On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Michael G Schwern wrote: [what are packlists used for?]
>>>With ExtUtils::Install's uninstall(). >> >>Are there plans to have 'make uninstall' call this? > >If someone wants to make it work. Hmm. So the answer to 'what is a packlist for?' is that it might one day be used for uninstalling, although at present it isn't. I would question whether packlists are the thing to use in 'make uninstall'. Surely the makefile already knows what files are to be removed, and where, so it can uninstall the package without looking at the packlists. So I would like to ask again, hoping that you won't mind this slightly obsessive style of discussion, whether packlists are actually used for anything and whether they are needed. And if they *could* one day be used, are they really necessary for that proposed use? -- Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
