Re: shall `make uninstall' remove directories?

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

> I say, remove /usr/local and even /usr if possible ;)

But what if /usr/local was empty but existed before "make install" ?
What if /usr/local is a mount point?

Automake is not a system administration tool. The only real reason to
remove a directory is because the package indicates that it's a directory
used exclusively by that package.

If you want to preserve the system exactly in the same state as it was
before "make install uninstall" use $DESTDIR, chroot, su nobody, set
strict permissions, mount the most important partitions read-only and
change root password regularly :-)

Regards,
Pavel Roskin