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From: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>
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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 08:22:16PM +0800, Clive Lin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 12:23:44PM +0100, Anton Berezin wrote:
> > Last, but not least: modules installed from CPAN cannot be deinstalled.
> I think this is not true.                                                       
>                                                                                 
> perldoc ExtUtils::Packlist,                                                     
> see its EXAMPLE section.                                                        
>                                                                                 
> Not hard to use its example code. I just copy/paste it and it just works.       
> (like example shellscript of `man jail`)                                        

Harder then to pkg_delete/make deinstall things.  Substantially harder
for quite a number of people.

And if you try make uninstall for a CPAN package (a natural way to this,
right?), you'll get:

   Uninstall is deprecated. Please check the packlist above carefully.
     There may be errors. Remove the appropriate files manually.
     Sorry for the inconveniences.

Some time ago I myself was arguing against having p5- ports in favor of
just using CPAN.  I have changed my opinion.

Cheers,
^Anton.
-- 
May the tuna salad be with you.


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