From: "John M. Gabriele" <john_sips_tea@...>
Date: 2006-04-18T15:47:15+09:00
Subject: Re: feature request: "make uninstall"



--- Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On Apr 18, 2006, at 1:07 AM, John M. Gabriele wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think it would be occasionally very useful if Ruby's
> > makefile had a make uninstall target. [snip]
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ---John
> >
> 
> I realize that your asking for a feature that has its uses but I'd  
> like to offer you an alternative solution.
> 
> I will often use a prefix when building from source, especially since  
> I rarely build packages from source. [snip]


Thank you for the very good suggestion Logan. I'll
use that method in the future.

Though, I still think an uninstall target would be
a useful addition for those cases where:

A. Maybe some other admin installed Ruby using the
usual incantation (./configure; make; make install)
and now you've got to remove it or update it.

B. Maybe someone new to Ruby didn't think to change
the prefix because it's not *too* common to need to,
and down the road they need to remove it. (Note, the
PickAxe doesn't mention changing the --prefix).

C. Most projects that I've come across that use
the autoconf/automake have an uninstall target, and
it actually breaks the principle of least surprise
not to have one. :)

I googled for this topic, and found something from
back in 2003 (subj: "Ruby newbie uninstall question?").
So, I figured that either there's a good reason why
there's no uninstall, or else maybe it's just some
little thing that's been overlooked.

Is there a reason for leaving out the uninstall
option?

Thanks,
---John


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