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From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: Hans van der Meer via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@freedom.nl>
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] new module installer and .tar.gz compression
Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 09:43:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4b86ef3e-5730-ccac-2f5f-f9de80e91616@freedom.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EFF5CE71-318E-4170-A7A9-58DF6952DBA3@ziggo.nl>

On 5/9/2023 9:30 AM, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 9 May 2023, at 01:19, Hans Hagen via ntg-context 
>> <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/8/2023 8:55 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
>>
>>> But either the module scripts should re-pack tgz archives or the 
>>> installer must learn to handle them.
>> The script now
>>
>> -- before installing uninstalls a previous installation
>> -- can uninstall an installed module
>> -- can list installed modules
>>
> 
> Please don't do this! I fear it will break my habit of keeping older 
> versions that worked for me. As a safeguard against things that are 
> broken and will have to wait when repaired!
well, if you install a new module th eold module can interfere; nothing 
else get touched, we're talking modules that users esxplcitly install

Hans


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      reply	other threads:[~2023-05-09  7:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-08 15:20 Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
2023-05-08 15:58 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
2023-05-08 17:40   ` Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
2023-05-08 18:55     ` Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
2023-05-08 22:33       ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2023-05-08 23:19       ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2023-05-09  5:17         ` Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
2023-05-09  6:06           ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2023-05-09  7:30         ` Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
2023-05-09  7:43           ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context [this message]

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