Re: how to recover from a broken fink install

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From: Davoud
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:11

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Hans Aberg:
> Just remove the /sw/ directory. Fink does not touch anything else on the
> computer. Then just reinstall.

Is Fink the /only/ app that puts files in the sw directory? I want to
delete that directory to install a new version of Fink, but have been
afraid to do so lest some of the files belong to other apps.

Thanks,

Davoud

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Subject: Re: how to recover from a broken fink install
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