Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >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 use it for uninstalling. I just have to use ExtUtils::Install rather than "make uninstall". But so what? I am unlikely to have the original source dir lying about when I uninstall. I would also use it for "installshield" like app - if it existed for a vendor install. I also use it to find out what bundles are installed, and in particular to find out which CPAN module put a particular file in place. ..packlist files are not large > >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. The Makefile knows what file make up the version it is installing. It does not know what files made up the version that is installed on the system. > >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? -- Nick Ing-Simmons http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/
