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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdebase/kcontrol/access
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2002-09-16 20:04:10
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On Monday 16 September 2002 21:46, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> On Monday 16 September 2002 21:15, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > On Monday 16 September 2002 11:37 am, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> > > On Monday 16 September 2002 19:59, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Waldo,
> > >
> > > I'm currently trying to fix the debian/*install files for your changes -
> > > though I ask myself - did you forget to add uninstall.desktop files ? Or
> > > do you think those are not necessary ? Just a suggestion - I remember I
> > > used them all over the place for the k-menu restructuring.
> >
> > I intent to add them later.
> >
> > I am not sure how to proceed with that though. I don't want to plaster all
> > of share/applnk with uninstall files, so I thought to only install files
> > based on a migration from KDE 3.0 to KDE 3.1.
> Well, yes. That has been the case for my share in the k-menu, too - the
> uninstall files plastered all over for an upgrade. Hm, what happens when you
> install an rpm over an existing installation ? I know that for debs
> uninstall.desktop files are pretty useless because the previous KDE package
> will be deleted before the new one gets installed, so for my share I don't
> really rely on that. I was just wondering about the rpm's here....David,
> maybe you could give us some insight ? :-)

RPMs remove all files from previous versions, so normal (redhat/suse/caldera) RPMs
don't need uninstall files.
Mandrake RPMs are a bit different (they ship a menu file, which generates a .desktop
file via some scripts), but I think it's the same there (the old menu files are removed,
so the old .desktop are removed).

Yes, uninstall files are mostly useful for people who compile from source only.
But we care about such people, they're the developers and the users with the 
most interesting feedback ;)

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