can't make uninstall
Bug #1169969 reported by
Adam Dingle
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
| unity (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I can use 'make install' to install Unity, but there is no uninstall rule:
adam@zither:
[sudo] password for adam:
make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'. Stop.
adam@zither:
If I can 'make install', then I should be able to 'make uninstall' too.
| Changed in unity: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Triaged |
Revision history for this message
| Stephen M. Webb (bregma) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
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Thank you for reporting this problem and helping to make Unity better.
While the GNU standards mandate an 'uninstall' target in makefiles, an actual working uninstall on a production system is a tricksy gambit at best.
I'm marking this as a wishlist item, in that the uninstall target could be made to work in a test environment (such as 'make distcheck') but it is not required for proper functioning of the software.