Re: [Gimp-print-devel] macos uninstaller issues

[Robert K. <rl...@al...>]

On Sat,  9 Feb 2019 20:58:45 -0500 (EST), Robert Krawitz wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 17:38:15 -0800, Matt Broughton wrote:
>> I am pulling this snippet from the macos gutenprint52+usb backend thread.  I think the discussion on the uninstaller would get buried otherwise.
>>
>>>>  I will try to make a post about why there is so much troubler with out uninstaller.  I got reminded of some of the nasties Apple tends to do with installs and using the Migration Assistant.  Moving to a new laptop reminded me of the issues.  My old laptop got some water on the keyboard and sparks started flying.  I am glad that I keep two backups.
>>> 
>>> I'd like to better understand the uninstaller situation.  That does
>>> seem to cause problems.
>>
>> I'll describe the current situation.  Problems from OS X 10.7 and before are similar but have some other specific issues.
>
> Thanks for this solution.

s/solution/explanation/

:-)
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