Subject: Re: layered software on NetBSD
To: None <scottr@Plexus.COM>
From: Masami and Ken Nakata <masami@fa2.so-net.or.jp>
List: current-users
Date: 03/21/1997 12:37:12
On Thu, 20 Mar 1997 18:11:21 -0600 (CST),
Scott Reynolds <scottr@Plexus.COM> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, faried nawaz wrote:
> 
> > This problem has already been solved for the FreeBSD ports system -- each
> > port comes with a list of files that will be installed.  The list is stored
> > in /var/db/pkg/prog-ver/+CONTENTS.
> 
> Are there uninstaller tools that will only remove a file if there are no
> remaining references to it?

Doesn't pkg_delete do it?  For instance, it will refuse to delete the
jpeg-6 package (IJG's JPEG library) if I have the xv-3.10a package
still sitting around (which depends on the library package).  At least
that's what I thought it did.

Ken