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Bug#687828: ITP: pmuninstall -- script to uninstall modules installed from CPAN



On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 09:12:23AM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote:
> On Sunday 16 September 2012 13:59:47 Alessandro Ghedini wrote:
> > pmuninstall is a fast module uninstaller. It reads installed files lists
> > from *.packlist files (generated when installing modules using e.g.
> > cpanminus) and deletes them.
> 
> Using pmuninstall on a package installed with a debian package will be 
> confusing for the user. I guess he will get this error message:
> 
>  $module is not installed.
> 
> I think pmuninstall should be patched to have a consistent behavior when used 
> to remove file installed by dpkg.

IMO it *must not* delete files installed by dpkg, and I think the description is
quite clear: "modules installed from CPAN", not "from the Debian archive" just
like e.g. cpanminus, CPANPLUS, cpan do not install Debian packages. But maybe a
note in the manpage would help?

Cheers

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