[PLUG] RPM v build from source- removing?

Craighead, Scot D craighead.scot at vectorscm.com
Fri May 24 00:40:21 UTC 2002


>It isn't a matter of sloppy, it is a matter of the build source not
>being around after the install.  I unpack in /src, usually build from
>a different directory, make check ; make install, then blow away both
>the /src/foo and /build/foo.  The /build/foo would contain the
>Makefile with the uninstall target.  Poof!  Not there anymore.  I
>don't want a particular package any more, I just go to prefix I
>installed, e.g.: /packages/utils/foo and say "ba-bye" with an rm -rf
>and everyone goes home fat, dumb and happy.
>
>This is about eliminating the need to retain and manage complex
>"state" (in this case, what files you plunked where) by just putting
>them all together.

Good point.  How do you force it to install into the directory you want?
What if it has libraries, or something else wierd that it installs in a
different place?




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