[Gretl-devel] old function packages and write permissions

Hi, not too long ago we had a thread about what happens (on Windows) when function packages should be deleted. Now gretl reports an informative error message (you don't have the permissions to remove it, or sth. like that). However, there still is a problem for example when packages have been retired, so they do not exist on the server anymore. They have been installed under gretl, but they cannot be locally removed again. This is a bit awkward because if a newer version exists (so the package is not retired, but updated on the server) overwriting is possible without any problem. So why is overwriting OK permission-wise, but deleting is not? And to give a concrete example, one of those reorganized and retired packages was LOGIT_HETERO.gfn by Artur. thanks sven