Re: Package uninstall uninstalls libltdl

[Albert Chin]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 08:42:42PM -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> If a package installs libltdl.so as part of its build, then when 'make 
> uninstall' is executed for that package, libltdl is uninstalled as 
> well.  The end result is that any other package which depends on the 
> installed libltdl breaks.  This seems like a bad thing.  Of course 
> 'make distcheck' won't pass unless uninstall works.  Oh joy.

How is this different from 'make uninstall' for libz, libpng, tiff,
jpeg, etc?

If someone maintains a source-based system, they should be smart
enough to know the consequences. If not, tough.

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albert chin (address@hidden)