> I more question the permissions and uid/gid stuff; I'm not really > clear on what I'd use that stuff for in easy_install/uninstall/etc.
I think this was all captured in amk's statement "RPM-like verification". RPM not only verifies file content, but also whether the permissions are all correct. So if the administrator mistakenly does a chown -R on a subtree, he can get back to what it was with the package manager, without having to reinstall everything, or can atleast find out what packages he broke. IIUC, the Solaris package manager provides the same feature. MSI provides a "repair installation", which doesn't really check anything, but reruns the entire installation (and then skipping those files who passed the checksum test, where checksums had been recorded in the MSI). Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
