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#1 2005-09-11 17:33:04
- Gullible Jones
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Why does 'make uninstall' never work?!
This is something the LFS thread reminded me of... You see, every time I have tried installing software from source without the benefit of ABS, I have found that removing it via 'make uninstall' *never* works, no matter what. I've always ended up having to remove all the files manually.
Now why the hell is this a problem? Is it too much to ask for make to create a list of the installed files in the source dir, and remove them when you do 'make uninstall'? WTH?
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#2 2005-09-11 17:37:01
- Dusty
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Re: Why does 'make uninstall' never work?!
that isn't make's job. 'uninstall' is a target that can be created by the Makefile's author. Its up to them to make sure it works. And they never bother, probably because they like package managers better.
I'm not sure if configure scripts are capable of making an uninstall target or not. Apparently not, or it would work. :-D
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