> will be a lot of binaries with names that just don't make sense or > correlate to anything. Good luck uninstalling a package or cleaning up > when you upgrade one and find the new version doesn't install all the > same files so you're left with, for example, stray header files which > could screw up future compiles. Actually I use git on /usr/local which > both gives me an uninstall option and (with some rather long options) > a list of files installed with each commit. "All" I have to do is > remember to commit after each make install. > > I don't know if history came up because venti could offer similar to > what I use git for, but that would only work if you installed only one > package per day. Now on Gnunix if you can get an app going with just > one package install you can call yourself lucky!
replica already tracks files and allows for uninstall. - erik
