Lars Hecking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Assar Westerlund writes:
> > a) always remove the directories
> > b) just remove the directories that were created during `make install'
> > c) remove the last level of directory if it's empty
> > d) remove all the levels that are empty
>
> A package system like Solaris's pkg does not remove "shared" directories.
> (not a) c) d); b) maybe, but what if a package installed later uses the
> same dirs?).
If it's an automake'd package, or it follows the GNU coding
guidelines, it'll mkinstalldirs the directories.
> That said, automake is not a package system. So, IMNSHO, 'make uninstall'
> should not remove *any* dirs, just those files installed by 'make install'.
But it does create the directories (if they don't exist already). I
kind of like the idea of `make install uninstall' leaving everything
as it was before, but that might be hard to do.
> Package-specific dirs *may* be ok to remove.
I guess that's e)
> Maybe GNU standards need to be more explicit on this topic.
I agree.
/assar
