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Date:      Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:39:31 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net>
Cc:        kris@obsecurity.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG, mark@grondar.org
Subject:   Re: perl5.6.1 wrapper
Message-ID:  <3DCC3D23.627F212D@mindspring.com>
References:  <200211082122.gA8LMO1a080022@arkadia.nv.cox.net>

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Ray Kohler wrote:
> > Yes, it's already a mandatory step (remove old includes, or you can't
> > build C++ programs).
> 
> I mean *all* the cruft -- old modules and config files, deprecated binaries
> and man pages, even old shlibs if it's safe.

You need a registration system which can subsume all installed
software into discrete components, and deinstall those components
which have been removed, or, better, upgrade them with new version
of components which are no longer default, and which have been
made optional.

-- Terry

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