On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 12:46:03PM -0400, P.J. Eby wrote: > At 12:57 PM 6/4/2009 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Brian Sutherland >> <br...@vanguardistas.net> wrote: >> > I can imagine distutils uninstalling files previously installed by dpkg >> > as a shortcut to breaking a machine. Though I'm not sure what will >> > actually happen in practice. >> >> Distutils defines a standard for an EGG-INFO structure, and provides a >> API for the uninstallation that is more likely to be a reference >> implementation. > > There probably needs to be an install option that prevents the file > record from being written, and this option should be used when creating > system packages. > > 3rd-party installation tools also should not overwrite or delete files > that are not in a RECORD file without prompting or warning.
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