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From: Bernhard Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] missing expat-dirclean target
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 15:51:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070708135136.GN4096@aon.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0707081519090.3987@somehost>

On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 03:27:11PM +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
>On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Bernhard Fischer wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 03:07:18PM +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
>> >
>> > Looks like stuff is removed both from STAGING_DIR and TARGET_DIR.  Is
>> > this the correct behaviour?
>>
>> I think removing stuff from both staging_dir and target_dir is the way
>> to go, yes.
>
>Alright.  I still wish every makefile had a target called called
><something>-uninstall to do that.
>
>> Consider somebody intending to turn off a package. The usual intuitive
>> way is IMHO to make foo-clean then reconfigure to remove that package.
>>
>> I'm open to alternative suggestions, of course.
>
>This is how I wish it was done (looks more intuitive to me):
>
><something>-clean	does the usual 'make clean' stuff
><something>-dirclean	wipes out the build directory
><something>-uninstall	wipes whatever was installed

sounds ok to me, i'll let others comment. Care to send a patch if noone
objects withing a couple of days?

cheers,

  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-08 13:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-08 12:09 [Buildroot] missing expat-dirclean target Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
2007-07-08 12:18 ` Bernhard Fischer
2007-07-08 13:07   ` Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
2007-07-08 13:11     ` Bernhard Fischer
2007-07-08 13:27       ` Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
2007-07-08 13:51         ` Bernhard Fischer [this message]
2007-07-08 13:34       ` Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn

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