[Fedora-directory-users] rpm -e behavior

[Chris St. Pierre]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Noriko Hosoi wrote:

> If "rpm -e fedora-ds" leaves all the directories listed above, the following 
> "rpm -i fedora-ds" + setup operation would be the in-place upgrade instead of 
> the fresh install if the same server ID (slapd-ID) is chosen.  Maybe, that'd 
> be the expected behavior for many administrators.  For others, we could have 
> one more question in the setup/upgrade dialog if the setup is a fresh install 
> (wipe out the old files) or a in-place upgrade (use the old files).  If the 
> answer is "fresh install", we can clean up the old files, then.
>
> Another thing is if the host is no longer used for the Fedora Directory 
> Server, you may want to clean up the disk eventually.  At that time, there is 
> no tool to remove them.  Theoretically, all the files/directories are under 
> fedora-ds somewhere, so it won't be difficult to remove them manually, though. 
> But it looks a little lame...

If 'setup' creates all of that stuff, could there be an 'unsetup'
command that removes it all?  I.e., if installation is:

rpm -hvU fedora-ds-....
/path/to/setup

Then uninstallation could be:

/path/to/unsetup
rpm -e fedora-ds

That way removal of all of the other stuff could be at the option of
the administrator.

Just a thought.  I'm sure you have nothing better to do than write
scripts consisting of a few hundred lines of rm. :)

Chris St. Pierre
Unix Systems Administrator
Nebraska Wesleyan University
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