Opened 10 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#10612 closed enhancement (fixed)
Make PackageInstaller'ed files trackable
| Reported by: | humdinger | Owned by: | waddlesplash |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1 |
| Component: | Applications/PackageInstaller | Version: | R1/Development |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
This is hrev46950.
As we all know, PackageInstaller is worlds behind our new real package management. It spreads a PKG's files all over the place. Uninstalling is a drag...
I see that there's a .pdb file in the ~/config/packages folder. Could that be used, by opening it with PackageInstaller, to uninstall it cleanly?
Alternatively, could PackageInstaller add a SYS:PACKAGE attribute to every file it puts anywhere. Then the savvy user can query for it.
The .pdb route would be much more userfriendly of course...
Change History (5)
comment:1 by , 10 years ago
| Owner: | changed from to |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:2 by , 10 years ago
| Milestone: | R1 → R1/alpha5 |
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comment:3 by , 10 years ago
| Milestone: | R1/alpha5 → R1 |
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SoftwareValet on BeOS supported this using the pdb file, IIRC. I don't think this is worth delaying alpha5. Most software already switched to hpkg or will do so after the release.
It is, however, needed for R1 as BeOS supported it.