Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 07:29:38 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?=) Cc: chaos@rivers.oscs.montana.edu, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: non-initial installation Message-ID: <24581.796145378@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Mar 95 00:06:42 PST." <199503250806.AAA29426@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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> I've thinking about this for a while. I think it would be very useful > if we can make it possible to "deinstall" ports from the ports dir by > using the Makefile and pkg/PLIST, as there should be enough > information in there to determine which files should be deleted. Hmmmmmmm. Well, I can say one thing: It would make the PLIST writers a lot more honest! :-) (e.g. we wouldn't have the traditional disjoint between what you get with a make install or a pkg_add for some of the ports). I like the idea. "Make it so", Satoshi! :-) Jordan
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