From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bijan Soleymani Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology (was Re:...Bug in Emacs 21.3.50) Date: 11 Dec 2002 16:34:49 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87znrcutmu.fsf@hurd.crasseux.com> References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <091220021652087216%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021101520860%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039642870 14640 80.91.224.249 (11 Dec 2002 21:41:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 21:41:10 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MEb1-0003mU-00 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:40:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MEVx-0003aN-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:35:33 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!weber.videotron.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Followup-To: gnu.emacs.help Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.text.tex,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.203.44.117 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@videotron.ca Original-X-Trace: weber.videotron.net 1039642430 24.203.44.117 (Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:33:50 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:33:50 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.sys.mac.apps:348625 gnu.emacs.help:108013 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4542 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4542 Ajanta writes: > Actually I don't understand this equivalence. Makefiles routinely come > with targets like "clean" which presumably deletes files like .log/.o > and of course "install". If they could have a few extra targets, like > "superclean" or "EnglishOnly", that's a few extra lines. Why is that > comparable with the clutter of tens of MB and 100's of files scattered > around? If you can have "make install", why not "make uninstall" which > would merely remove all the installed files and links? > Most software I compile nowadays has a "make uninstall". Also usually there is a distclean option that cleans very well. As for the others most options belong in the configure step like --without-this --with-that. Bijan