Re: Uninstalling obsolete module files

On 15/12/12 23:00, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On 2012.12.15 2:25 PM, Leon Timmermans wrote:
>>> We don't have that, but we should.  Imma let you finish and not hijack your
>>> post to talk about that.  And IMO we should continue to assume we don't have a
>>> package database until we actually do.
>>
>> We have packlists, so we can easily map a distribution to its files.
>> The reverse mapping can be generated from this, though this is
>> relatively expensive.
>
> Packlists are unreliable and have design problems.  Some perl distributions
> (Debian) disable them.  I wouldn't build anything around them.
>
> PS  Sorry, I didn't mean to change the thread subject.  I wound up writing my
> own post.

Your proposal makes sense but is more difficult (takes more time).

But it solves the issue, and other issues.

Alberto