From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: make uninstall ?
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 06:43:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zh2f1v5r.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR03MB5455E4DD669B8537E281B8C19BC60@SJ0PR03MB5455.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> (David Masterson's message of "Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:24:08 -0800")
David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> writes:
> Is there a 'make uninstall' for Emacs (v27?) or am I just not seeing it?
> Given that there can be significant changes from version to version of
> Emacs, a 'make uninstall' would be helpful to ensure you do not leave
> cruft lying around that might get sucked into a future compilation or
> execution of Emacs (say, an old lisp file).
If you plan on having several non-OS-distributed versions of Emacs, then
I'd suggest not saying "make install" at all. Emacs runs fine from
wherever you've compiled it.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-15 5:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-15 5:24 make uninstall ? David Masterson
2020-12-15 5:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2020-12-15 6:35 ` Pankaj Jangid
2020-12-15 6:44 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-15 7:23 ` David Masterson
2020-12-15 8:15 ` Pankaj Jangid
2020-12-15 7:06 ` David Masterson
2020-12-15 14:33 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-12-16 1:21 ` David Masterson
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