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On Dec 8, 2004, at 4:44 AM, Lupe Christoph wrote:

> But it seems this will not placate Sergey :-P So I have to ask again:
> what is the accepted way of dealing with files that are needed for an
> upgrade or that will be precious to the user?
>

There are some ports that ask you during uninstall time whether to 
delete certain files.  Can you do that?  For upgrades, you just say 
"no" (presumably default would be "no" also for BATCH mode).

Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
+1-301-869-4449 x806


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