[Buildroot] missing expat-dirclean target
Bernhard Fischer
rep.dot.nop at gmail.com
Sun Jul 8 06:51:36 PDT 2007
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,
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