Re: Uninstalling prev version of gnat

[anon@anon.org (anon)]

That kinds of sounding like a HATE CRIME!!!

Top posting gives to the answer instead of forcing someone to re-read all of 
the previous info. No one needs to spend their time reading and re-reading the 
same old stuff they have seen or posted to get to the answer. They want 
the answer as quick as possible! I have seen threads that have over 100 
replies taking 1000s of lines that one have to go over just to read the 
latest entry. And a lot of times it a one word answer or someone changing the 
thread topic.   Plus, top posting builds the answer from the ground up.  The 
way all answers are suppose to be, that is: 

     ...
     Response from questionee 
      ...
     Answer 1 at level 2
     Answer 0 at level 1
     Question at level 0

Bottom posting is like reading most mag. The 100 last pages or so are only
just ads, that no one wants to see.


In <5781369b-e077-44bc-8112-27ba484a5c2e@r37g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
>anon wrote on comp.lang.ada:
>> Install only adds the next version to your system. So try this:
>>
>> Note: Do not delete "/usr/gnat" or any "/usr/gnat" subdirectories because
>> this contains the 2009 GNAT files.
>>
>> All other gnat files can be delete.
>>
>> 4.3.3 binaries: =A0 rm /usr/bin/gnat*
>>
>> 4.3.3 rts files do find / -name ada.ads
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0then rm -r /<result from find>/gnat/gcc/i686-pc-linux-=
>gnu/4.3.3
>>
>> But the best way is to delete all GNAT files and then reinstall the one y=
>ou
>> want. Thios way you do not have any extra files floating around.
>>
>> Rasika Srinivasan writes:
>>>My system is Ubuntu 9.04
>>>srini@srini-laptop:~/Projects/Ada/lib$ which gnatmake
>>>/usr/bin/gnatmake
>[...]
>>>Today (without checking above and making some wrong assumptions) I
>>>installed the 09 version of gnat as shown here :
>>>srini@srini-laptop:~/Projects/Ada/lib$ which gnatmake
>>>/usr/gnat/bin/gnatmake
>[...]
>>>I would like to uninstall my previous version and I had assumed the
>>>install of the GPL 2009 will take care of that.
>>
>>>any case, Is there any gotchas involved in keeping both versions? Is
>>>there an easy way to uninstal the previous version?
>
>Please do not listen to "anon", he obviously knows nothing about
>Ubuntu.
>
>The correct answers are:
>- aptitude remove gnat gnat-4.3
>- no, installing GNAT GPL 2009 does not remove anything previously
>installed.
>- no, there is nothing wrong with having both gnats installed.
>
>PS. As the main (but not only) maintainer of Ada packages in Debian
>(which Ubuntu uses), I am curious to know why you decided to switch
>from the Debian packages to GNAT GPL 2009?
>
>--
>Ludovic Brenta.
>A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>A: Top-posting.
>Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?