[Fedora-directory-users] rpm -e behavior

[Richard Megginson]

Chris St. Pierre wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Noriko Hosoi wrote:
>
>> If "rpm -e fedora-ds" leaves all the directories listed above, the 
>> following "rpm -i fedora-ds" + setup operation would be the in-place 
>> upgrade instead of the fresh install if the same server ID (slapd-ID) 
>> is chosen.  Maybe, that'd be the expected behavior for many 
>> administrators.  For others, we could have one more question in the 
>> setup/upgrade dialog if the setup is a fresh install (wipe out the 
>> old files) or a in-place upgrade (use the old files).  If the answer 
>> is "fresh install", we can clean up the old files, then.
>>
>> Another thing is if the host is no longer used for the Fedora 
>> Directory Server, you may want to clean up the disk eventually.  At 
>> that time, there is no tool to remove them.  Theoretically, all the 
>> files/directories are under fedora-ds somewhere, so it won't be 
>> difficult to remove them manually, though. But it looks a little lame...
>
> If 'setup' creates all of that stuff, could there be an 'unsetup'
> command that removes it all?  I.e., if installation is:
>
> rpm -hvU fedora-ds-....
> /path/to/setup
>
> Then uninstallation could be:
>
> /path/to/unsetup
> rpm -e fedora-ds
>
> That way removal of all of the other stuff could be at the option of
> the administrator.
>
> Just a thought.  I'm sure you have nothing better to do than write
> scripts consisting of a few hundred lines of rm. :)
find / -name fedora-ds -exec rm -rf {} \;

:-)
>
> Chris St. Pierre
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