On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 14:34, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > >> All --download-package=reinstall can do is install the new one over >> the old one. This can can still break if the new one doesn't >> completely overwrite the old one. >> > > Installing without keeping a log of exactly what was installed is totally > the wrong model. All package managers have a manifest and can remove > packages. PETSc should be able to do that too (eventually). > Right. This model ONLY works if you control all the packages. We don't. We use other people's crusty stuff, and if you think rm -rf does not scale, try managing all these packages yourself. It will make you as big an asshole as the guys at Debian. Matt -- What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. -- Norbert Wiener -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/petsc-dev/attachments/20110830/3729a887/attachment.html>