reviving make uninstall?

[Alex Merry]

On Wednesday 28 January 2015 17:10:41 Milian Wolff wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> why was the uninstall target removed from make files in frameworks? I cannot
> find any discussion regarding that on the web.
> 
> As a developer, I find it highly frustrating that I now have to do this job
> manually by going to the build folder of a project followed by a
> 
> xargs rm < install_manifest.txt
> 
> I know that both, this as well as make uninstall, have had limitations, such
> as not uninstalling files that are not installed anymore and stuff like
> that. That said, it's better than nothing and was an invaluable tool for me
> over the last years.
> 
> So - can we bring it back please?

IIRC, it was removed precisely because it's error-prone, and having a special 
target makes it seem official, and because there's a one-line replacement 
command.

That's certainly the reason CMake doesn't provide it automatically.

Personally, I'm not fussed either way, but then I've always been happy to nuke 
my install directory when necessary.

Alex