Re: Add uninstall target to Makefile

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sep 16, 2005, 18:01 UTC
Message-ID: <7v1x3oopsg.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <12c511ca0509161021249c89a9@mail.gmail.com>

Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com> writes:

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> Perhaps it would be easier[1] to support "make obsolete-uninstall"
> that would remove
> objects installed by previous generations of git?
>
> -Tony
>
> [1] easier, nicer, cleaner, less detestable, whatever.

And how far back a release should we keep track of the name of obsolete versions? /usr/bin/git-uninstall for each particular version that knows what that version ships _might_ make some sense, but I do not see much point in having uninstall target in the Makefile. Should one be allowed to run make uninstall with bindir or DESTDIR set to different values from the ones used when 'make install' was run the last time? What about things like "make WITH_SEND_MAIL=YesPlease install"?

Guys, packaged distributions know how to remove obsolete binaries. OTOH if you are building from the source and installing, you are the only one who knows what you are installing and where.