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[Bug-gnulib] Re: address@hidden: relocatable packages
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Akim Demaille |
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[Bug-gnulib] Re: address@hidden: relocatable packages |
Date: |
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 08:49:36 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.090016 (Oort Gnus v0.16) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) |
Karl> Perhaps make install could write a manifest to $pkgdatadir/something?
adl> Similarly someone recently suggested on the automake list that
adl> `make install' creates an `uninstall.sh' script (the problem
adl> with `make uninstall' is that you need to keep the source tree).
adl> There are many issues related to user's install/unstall rules,
adl> plus I'm not sure this sort of administravia falls into `make
adl> install''s job.
Actually that suggestion is many years old. That's why the
PRE_INSTALL and POST_INSTALL fuss was introduced, so that you could
filter out the "make" verbiage when running "make -n uninstall
>uninstall.sh".