Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:15:46 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: DJGPP mailing list <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Upgrading DJGPP installations
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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> 
> > all kinds of stuff) over top of the old stuff.  I've come across some
> > problems in doing this however and am now wondering how one joes about
> > un-installing a djgpp package.  ie:
> > 
> > C:\>PKUNZIP -d RHIDE11b.zip djgpp\
> > 
> > How is it done?
> 
> Please explain what do you mean by uninstalling a package.  The above 
> PKUNZIP command only unzips a package preserving the directory structure, 
> so I don't see where the ``uninstall'' part enters the scene.

That was an analogy of what I'd like to do.  When you install a djgpp
package with PKUNZIP -d how do you uninstall it.  My analogy was a
little broken. :o)

I'd really like to:
DEL /s \djgpp\@list_of_files_in_a_particular_package  (the MANIFEST
directory?)

What I mean is that the MANIFEST files seem to be a list of what was
installed in each package.  Hmmm. I think 4DOS might allow file lists
like I want above.  Hold on let me check...

Nope, couldn't find it in online help anyways.  I think 4DOS can do
it, but I've never needed it before.  Maybe something like:

CAT MANIFEST\XXXXXX.MFT | FOR %DELFILE IN (@CON) DO DEL %DELFILE

Hmm.  I'll try that out if no-one comes up with something better.
Gotta love 4DOS. :o)

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