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

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 03:17:53AM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> 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.
[...]
> > 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.

I also think the uninstall target was usefull to some users.
Would you be ok with baptiste putting it back and maintaining it?

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