* Matej Tyc wrote on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 05:57:13PM CEST: > > Actually I have noticed that > nobase_dist_foo_DATA = <files> takes care about subdirectories > creation, which is really, really good. I suggest adding a reminder > of this to the datafiles section in the automake manual since the > nobase prefix is very useful for datafiles management...
Care to write a patch? > However, either approach leaves empty directories after make > uninstall, how come? Two reasons: first, one cannot know whether other packages share the directory. That could be worked around by using 'rmdir' instead of 'rm -rf', though. But secondly, the sysadmin may have pre-created the directories using specific permissions (and owner). This information is lost if we remove them. This behavior is mandated by the GNU Coding Standards. Cheers, Ralf
