Bug #29932 for Tk-Wizard: Wishlist: Uninstall database (and ::Uninstaller module)

Thu Oct 11 15:21:03 2007 MTHURN [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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Wishlist: Uninstall database (and ::Uninstaller module)

It would be "really cool" if Tk::Wizard could help the programmer create an UNinstall program. Tk::Wizard::Installer would have to supply "wrapper" functions for mkdir, copy, open/print/append/close, etc etc. so that all changes made to the file system can be tracked in a special database. Then an uninstall wizard just needs to read the database and "undo" all the file operations to restore the system to the way it was. (Note that there is a module "App::Manager" that does this sort of thing by hooking into the OS via C code!)

Wed Jan 30 00:02:49 2008 LGODDARD [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Easy and useful to list new files/dirs added, pain in the neck to track the modification of extant files -- practically impossible unless one simply makes an initial back-up, and reverts to it at "uninstall." No access to OS via C, please: there are more OS than we can test on, would be a bed of snakes.

Wed Jan 30 00:02:59 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Wed Jan 30 00:03:14 2008 LGODDARD [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'

Wed Dec 31 13:18:20 2008 LGODDARD [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Implemented several versions ago.

Wed Dec 31 13:18:21 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'open'

Wed Dec 31 13:18:21 2008 LGODDARD [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'