Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/11/20/15:17:22
On 20 Nov 96 at 8:59, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Alaric B. Williams wrote:
>
> > > rm -rvf @manifest/fil313b.mft
> >
> > >This will delete all the files which come with fil313b.zip. Neat, eh?
> >
> > Beware! libhw, for example, overwrites djgpp.lnk / djgpp.djl - so if
> > you do this, you lose that file and have to reinstall it from the
> > original distribution!
> How else will you suggest to uninstall a package which overwrites DJGPP
> files? Won't you delete those files and reinstall them from the original
> distribution?
This is true, but leaving the modified djgpp.lnk should do no harm,
and the removal of same without understanding of the consequences
would probably result in a post saying "gcc is broken on my machine
all of a sudden!"
> I think that deleting them will alert people that they
> need to reinstall the missing file, which is much better than leaving the
> altered files lurking and waiting to bite you later.
A matter of opinion!
Regards,
ABW
--
Governments are merely protection rackets with good images.
Alaric B. Williams Internet : alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
<A HREF="http://www.abwillms.demon.co.uk/">http://www.abwillms.demon.co.uk/</A>
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