From: "Erik Post" <erik DOT post AT student DOT utwente DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: Uninstalling parts of DJGPP.
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 19:22:49 +0100
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Anshuman Pandey wrote in message ...
>
>Hello,
>
>I am wondering whether there exists a remove utility for DJGPP which would
>allow a user to uninstall certain packages of the DJGPP systems without
>manual procedures.
>
>Such a remove utility exists for the emTeX package. This utility makes use
>of files, usually one for each package, which contains a list of the file
>and pathnames which comprise the package. Invoking 'remove' with the name
>of the package as an option accesses the file and removes the applicable
>files.


The files ending in .mft in the manifest directory can be used to uninstall
certain packages. These files contain a list of files installed by a
package, so by using rm -f @manifest/<packagename>.mft from the DJGPP root
directory, the package is removed. rm is the DJGPP version of the del
command and can be found in the fileutils package (if I recall correctly).

>If there is no such utility for DJGPP, then how does one suggest to the
>DJGPP team that such a program ought to be made?

HTH,

Erik Post