On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Lars Hecking wrote:
> > > tar: Unable to remove directory ./geometry/hp: Directory not empty
> > > *** Error code 1
> >
> > I'm assuming that's /etc/X11/xkb/geometry/hp it's complaining
> > about. Remove it manually and "make install" again. Perhaps
> > you are aliasing "rm" someplace so that it's not being forced.
> > Or I suppose it could be a bug in a makefile somewhere and it's
> > not forcing it, but I'm not sure where that's at.
>
> Well spotted, Mark! I wasn't aware _at_all_ that make install writes
> stuff into places other than /usr/X11R6! rm is not aliased.
>
> All appears to have worked now. Any guesses as to why this may have
> happened in the first place?
There seems to have been some indicision as to what the layout
should be in that particular install directory, and things were
changing around a bit. It's probably a bug in "make install" that
happens when it tries to install over one of the deprecated layouts.
Mark.
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