Re: contrib uninstall scripts need some love

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: contrib uninstall scripts need some love
Date: 2006-09-10 19:09:24
Message-ID: 450462E4.3060405@commandprompt.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Awhile back, someone went around and made sure that all the contrib
> modules had uninstall scripts, but most of the new contributions since
> then don't have 'em:
> adminpack hstore pg_freespacemap pgrowlocks sslinfo
> all seem to need one. Also, I tested a few of the existing uninstall
> scripts in passing while fixing the contains/contained mess, and two
> out of four were broken (failed to remove everything installed by the
> module, as shown by getting errors if you then try to reinstall it).
> Seems like this area needs more attention ... anyone want to work on it?

I'll take it. How long do I have?

Joshua D. Drake

>
> regards, tom lane
>
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