From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: 12 Dec 2002 13:58:11 +0900 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <84bs3xsyi8.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <091220021652087216%ajanta@no.spam> <101220021125583826%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021101520860%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <84of7s703d.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <111220022147059290%anil@null.invalid> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039669197 14925 80.91.224.249 (12 Dec 2002 04:59:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 04:59:57 +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 18MLS0-0003sW-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 05:59:56 +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 18MLRS-0004LH-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:59:22 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MLQu-0003zr-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:58:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MLQr-0003tG-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:58:47 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.202]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MLQq-0003ja-00; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:58:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.193])gBC4wgU29147; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:58:42 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.190]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id gBC4wdn14892; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:58:39 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id gBC4wCs10471; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:58:38 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) id gBC4wCB06747; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:58:12 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id EF1063701; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:58:11 +0900 (JST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <111220022147059290%anil@null.invalid> Original-Lines: 20 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:4554 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4554 Anil Trivedi writes: > 1. You need "clean" and "distclean" > 2. Once the program compiles, and works fine, the user should be able > to delete all files that were needed in compiling but will not be > needed in running it, or in uninstalling it. > 3. Finally, should the user decide that this is not his kind of progam, > there should be an uninstall option > This seeme to be a minimum framework for responsible software > distribution. Well, at least this is less vague that what you said before, but since emacs already does all these things*, what's your complaint? Do you want to report a bug with one of the make targets? -Miles * You need to do `make install' before (2), but that's alright -- Fast, small, soon; pick any 2.