[ python-Bugs-963494 ] packman upgrade issue

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Bugs item #963494, was opened at 2004-05-31 11:39
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Category: Macintosh
>Group: Feature Request
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 3
Submitted By: Ronald Oussoren (ronaldoussoren)
Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: packman upgrade issue

Initial Comment:
When you upgrade a package using packman the installer doesn't 
remove the old version before installing the new version. The end 
result is that old files might interfere with the correct operation of 
the upgraded package.

I ran into this with an upgrade from PyObjC 1.0 to PyObjC 1.1. 
Some extension modules have moved between those two releases. 
When upgrading using PackMan the old extension modules still 
exists, and cause problems when you try to use the package.

Three possible solutions:

1) Remove the existing package directory before installing the
    upgrade

2) Add pre/post install/upgrade scripts

3) Use a real package database

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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2004-06-03 15:14

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I'm moving this to the feature requests category: it requires major 
surgery, and it could be argued that this functionality belongs more in 
distutils than in Package Manager.

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