Re: Packages - deleting older files on newer installation
Re: Packages - deleting older files on newer installation
- Subject: Re: Packages - deleting older files on newer installation
- From: Stephen Kay <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:22:41 -0700
- Thread-topic: Packages - deleting older files on newer installation
On 3/30/17 1:23 PM, "Karl Kuehn" <email@hidden> wrote:
>If the older version was installed using a .pkg, then `installer` (even
>when called by `Installer.app`) should be cleaning away any files that
>were explicitly in the older version[1], but not explicitly in the newer
>version. This does not take any files created in any installer scripts
>into account, nor anything like data, cache, or preferences files created
>in the use of an app. But for most cases this should just be taken care
>of for you.
Good to know, but...
> If you are just switching to a /pkg from something else (e.g. Mindvision
>Installer) then you are on your own.
Yes, this.
>[1] This seems to be done using the package receipts. To see what a
>system thinks the files are for a given installed package use `pkgutil
>--pkgs YOUR_PACKAGE_ID_HERE`.
After trying this, I discovered it's actually 'pkgutil --files
YOUR_PACKAGE_ID_HERE' - but thanks!
- Stephen
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