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[shivaken <shivaken AT jcom.home.ne.jp>]

Hi all,

I want to propose to a sorcery improvement.

Now almost spell uses "prepare_install" to clean up obsoleted files.
like..
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make
prepare_install
make install
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Because of this, at casting glibc, /etc/ld.so.cashe can be removed.
Then that will cause error.

To avoid this, you have to install newer files first, then remove just only 
old files. We can find old files with comparing old install log
(/var/log/sorcery/install/$SPELL) with new install log

At that time we have to take care about config files and user data.
For example, mysql spell installs mysql database files. We should not delete 
them. So sorcery must know unremoval files and directory to clean up safely.
Fortunately, Spell Writer can recognize those unremoval files.

I want sorcery to be implemented that "install 1st, then clean up".

How do you feel?

--- shivaken
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