[FFmpeg-cvslog] r21226 - in trunk: Makefile common.mak subdir.mak

Måns Rullgård mans
Mon Jan 25 04:17:53 CET 2010


Baptiste Coudurier <baptiste.coudurier at gmail.com> writes:

> On 1/15/10 11:26 AM, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 08:16:28PM +0100, ramiro wrote:
>>> Author: ramiro
>>> Date: Fri Jan 15 20:16:28 2010
>>> New Revision: 21226
>>>
>>> Log:
>>> Get one step closer to world domination.
>>> Remove "make uninstall".
>>
>> I'm all for a joke, but how about at least printing something
>> useful in addition (if you really want after a sleep 1) like
>> "Actually this way of uninstalling is just too unreliable, consider
>> using a tool like (whatever Mans mentioned) and look in .... for
>> files to manually remove").
>
> Well, I'm all for a joke as well. However I do use make uninstall and
> I know why I'm using it. For example I want to remove the .a from a
> static compilation because I want to test shared libs, or vice versa.

That sounds like using the wrong tool for the job.  If you don't want
static libs, use --disable-static.  I don't even see how uninstall
could possibly be of relevance to what you seem to be describing.

> So far it has worked decently for me.

One day your luck will run out.

> This removes the feature and I certainly don't want to rm the files
> manually.

You don't want is not a valid argument here.

> Printing the message is fine with me, but keep the uninstall working.
> Thanks for your understanding.

Keeping it working takes effort.  I will not waste my time on
something that already has superior solutions.

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
mans at mansr.com



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