[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-1047) Delete old scripts before installing new ones

[Adam Slagell (JIRA)]

    [ https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1047?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=23710#comment-23710 ] 

Adam Slagell commented on BIT-1047:
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I don't see a decision here, but what do people think about renaming rather than deleting. Say to <filename>.old or <filename>.$DATE

We can push this off to implement till the next release, but it would be nice to have a clear decision.

> Delete old scripts before installing new ones
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: BIT-1047
>                 URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1047
>             Project: Bro Issue Tracker
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Bro
>            Reporter: Robin Sommer
>            Assignee: Daniel Thayer
>            Priority: Trivial
>             Fix For: 2.5
>
>
> People keep having problems when they install a new Bro version 
> over the installation of an old one because scripts that have disappeared in the new version will keep sticking around from the previous installation. 
> We should simply remove the old scripts/base and scripts/policy before installing anything new. People aren't supposed to edit in there so that should be safe.



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