On 30/03/14 21:13, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > Fixes for `uninstall' target. > > * Makefile.in (uninstall_dirs): Use `DESTDIR'.
A couple of minor concerns here: 1) DESTDIR is fundamentally broken, for installations on MS-Windows hosts; not a big deal, I guess, provided the user performing the installation task is aware that they cannot use it. 2) Does DESTDIR have any real value, for an uninstall target? Its value lies in staging binary packages; "rm -rf ..." is the simplest way to clear a staging tree, (unless multiple packages are staged in a common tree, perhaps, and only one is to be selectively discarded). The concern is that DESTDIR is not preserved between install and uninstall, placing an onus on the user to specify it identically on both occasions. -- Regards, Keith.
