2011/5/25 Måns Rullgård <[email protected]>: > Diego Biurrun <[email protected]> writes: > >> --- >> Makefile | 2 ++ >> subdir.mak | 6 ++++-- >> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> This is an RFC patch that addresses some oversights in the 'uninstall' >> target. I implemented it to remove absolutely everything that the >> 'install' target may have dropped onto the filesystem. This may or may >> not be considered overzealous. >> >> Removing BUILT_HEADERS and INCINSTDIR I consider absolutely safe and >> essential. Removing BINDIR, LIBDIR/pkgconfig and MANDIR/man1 may be >> discussed, but since it will only remove the directories if they are >> empty anyway there should be no negative sideeffects. > > make uninstall is a stupid idea from the start. If you want to mix > stuff from multiple sources in the same prefix, use a proper package > manager, not something half-baked in a makefile that can never do quite > the right thing. > > No amount of "but autohell does it" will convince me uninstall is a good > idea. We should remove it once and for all. In fact we already did > that once, but some loud troll had it reinstated. That troll is gone > now, so there's no reason to keep this ridiculous thing around anymore. >
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