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Re: FEATURE REQUEST: make uninstall should delete empty directories.
- From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple dot dallas dot tx dot us>
- To: Hans Deragon <hans at deragon dot biz>
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:34:19 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: FEATURE REQUEST: make uninstall should delete empty directories.
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Hans Deragon wrote:
>
> When performing a "make uninstall", I notice that it only deletes the files,
> not the empty directories. It would be nice that after removing a file, it
> removes all the empty directories recursively. For example:
If a package supports creating the directory /usr/local (as Automake
does by default) should this directory be recursively removed if a
package is uninstalled?
Bob
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