Re: Autoconf uninstall target incompletely undoing installation

Vaclav Slavik wrote:
> 
> you don't want "make uninstall" to delete,
> say, /usr/local/bin.

True, but that's easily dealt with:

	-rmdir $(DIRECTORY_I_MAY_OR_MAY_NOT_HAVE_CREATED)

This would delete the bin directory if the last thing to live in it got 
removed, but that should be harmless.  It just means anything installing 
into it needs to be able to recreate it when necessary.

Ignoring that rare condition, it's equal to "don't remove it unless I 
created it".

You're not going to get better behavior without creating an install log 
so you can consult it on uninstall to see exactly what was created.

> Where did you have the <modify-target> block?

     <dll stuff>
         <!-- stuff here -->

         <if cond="FORMAT=='autoconf'">
             <!-- stuff here -->

             <modify-target target="uninstall">
                 <!-- <command>s here -->
             </modify-target>
         </if>
     </dll>

I don't think that's too surprising, or even wrong.  But then after the 
<dll> tag:

     <data-files>
         <files>lib/*.h</files>
         <install-to>$(HEADER_DIR)</install-to>
     </data-files>

If I move the modify-target after data-files block, it does work.  Thanks!

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