On Monday 04 May 2009 15:03:35 Matthew Woehlke wrote: > binutils wrote: > > I couldn't remove coreutils-7.3 directory after installation, even if > > using sudo. > > > > bash-4.0$ rm -rf coreutils-7.3/ > > rm: cannot remove directory `coreutils-7.3/lib': Directory not empty > > I've seen problems like that where 'chmod -R +w coreutils-7.3/' would > fix it. (If that works, however, it's still IMHO a problem that should > be addressed.)
ive seen that when dealing with distcheck targets as the unpacked contents are not writable. that wouldnt explain the fact that `sudo rm -rf` also failed though ... -mike
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