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.
>

Agreed
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