On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > Thus, if I'm right that Automake doesn't know which directories > > the package owns, it should should err on the side of caution: it > > should *not* try to delete any empty directories at uninstall > > time. Neither should Automake try to guess -- guesses involving > > the "rm" command, especially as root, are a really dangerous > > idea! > > That's why you use the rmdir command.
Semantics equivalent to 'rmdir' may not be available on non-Unix operating systems. Automake doesn't just run under Unix. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen
