On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Klaus <k...@goppertsweiler.de> wrote: > Dear list, > > Is there a way to specify custom uninstall steps within a rockspec ? > > Background: > I have created a shared library > (https://github.com/oberhofer/luacwrap/tree/develop) > which provides a Lua and a C interface. > Due to the dual nature of this library which > - must be loadable by Lua via require() > - and must be linkable to other C based modules > the makefiles install target creates the necessary files and links in > /usr/local/lib/ and /usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/ > A corresponding uninstall target removes the files and links. > > As the next step I created a makefile based rockspeck for the project. > Installation via the rockspec works, as it calls the makefile's install > target. > Removing the rock seems to succeed, but the makefile's uninstall target > is never called. > This behaviour is quite obvious as luarocks does not store the makefile > for later use, > but maybe there is another way to achieve a correct uninstall.
LuaRocks is not designed to install programs in locations other than the module's own $(PREFIX). It then moves the Lua C modules to the proper lib/lua/5.1 subdirectory (as configured for your system). In particular, it must not install files directly in /usr/local/lib. This is done to avoid clashes with the rest of the system. My suggestion is for you to deploy the Lua-loadable module via LuaRocks and the C-loadable module through other means, or to link the module in C using -L/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/ For more info: http://luarocks.org/en/Recommended_practices_for_Makefiles -- Hisham http://hisham.hm/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDOWS 8 is here. Millions of people. Your app in 30 days. Visit The Windows 8 Center at Sourceforge for all your go to resources. http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ join-generation-app-and-make-money-coding-fast/ _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
