Re: Uninstaller Howto?
Re: Uninstaller Howto?
- Subject: Re: Uninstaller Howto?
- From: Thomas Harrington <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:43:46 -0600
On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 11:03 AM, David Blanton wrote:
I just don't understand why Apple went through all the trouble to
Provide receipts and packages if they weren't going to provide a
universal uninstaller as well.
Receipts are used in Disk Utility's repair permissions process, by
reading the bill of materials to find the correct owner and permissions.
I'm told that receipts were more useful than that back in NeXT days.
Apple has said that the 'current version' of PackageMaker does not
have an uninstall feature. Can one conclude that a future version
will?
One can conclude anything one wants, but that doesn't mean one is
correct. :-) The only safe conclusion from such careful wording is
that Apple's refusing to nail itself down as to future features.
BTW, there is no word 'uninstall' in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
I use
'remove software' in our user instructions.
Hmm, the American Heritage dictionary (courtesy of Sherlock) lists it
with a definition of "To remove completely from a system: uninstalled
the faulty word processing program."
--
Tom Harrington
email@hidden
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