[groff] 01/02: INSTALL.extra: Add a section on uninstalling.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 83d8f0be03eefb3e112268adbebf37e4ffe73e2c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Mar 26 21:22:52 2022 +1100

    INSTALL.extra: Add a section on uninstalling.
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 ChangeLog     |  4 ++++
 INSTALL.extra | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e42b0daf..c1f10712 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2022-03-26  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+       * INSTALL.extra: Add a section on uninstalling.
+
 2022-03-23  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
        * doc/doc.am: Create target rule for "doc/grnexampl.ps" instead
diff --git a/INSTALL.extra b/INSTALL.extra
index d65294e6..97428718 100644
--- a/INSTALL.extra
+++ b/INSTALL.extra
@@ -177,6 +177,22 @@ tracker.
 
   https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=groff&func=additem
 
+
+Uninstalling
+============
+
+If you are dissatisfied with groff, or to prepare for a new installation
+from source, you can uninstall it to ensure that no stale files persist
+on the system.  Run the command 'make uninstall'.  At a minimum, some
+directories not particular to groff, like 'bin' and (depending on
+configuration) an X11 'app-defaults' directory will remain, as will one
+plain file called 'dir', created by GNU Texinfo's 'install-info'
+command.  (As of this writing, 'install-info' offers no provision for
+removing an effectively empty 'dir' file, and groff does not attempt to
+parse this file to determine whether it can be safely removed.)  All
+other groff artifacts will be deleted from the installation hierarchy.
+
+
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