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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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	"Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Restructuring gettext
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:13:18 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David A. Cobb" <superbiskit AT home DOT com>
> I've had cases like this in another context and found the most
> straightforward solution is for (setup.exe) to do any uninstalls
first,
> then any reinstalls, then everything else.  This would also have saved
a
> few shot toes when libncurses#n came out (I thin`).

It causes other problems.

Consider this: Reinstalled package foo requires new package bar.

When reinstalling foo, if bar is used during a post install script..
bang! that will fail.

Rob

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