Hi! * Sam Roberts: > I can simulate by running install in --no-harm mode, and then > deleteing what I saw, but why not allow it to do it? Perhaps > refusing if what it's removing isn't the same as what it put there? > > Is it a safety issue? I can't be the first person to want to > uninstall something! '--no-harm' should be taken literally. Overwriting files is only one possibility of doing harm to an installation. Suppose you have a some media player program that allows to install plug-ins. Also suppose you use a DeCSS plug-in. Now you are installing the DRM plug-in. While it does not overwrite any files it is incompatible to the DeCSS plug-in which ceases to work. Just my 0.02 EUR, Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT -- E-Mail: .--- ..- .--. .--. .--.-. --. -- -..- .-.-.- -.. . http://oss.erdfunkstelle.de/ruby/ - German comp.lang.ruby FAQ http://rubyforge.org/users/jupp/ - Ruby projects at Rubyforge .- .-.