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Re: make uninstall ?
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: make uninstall ? |
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Tue, 15 Dec 2020 06:43:28 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
David Masterson <dsmasterson92630@outlook.com> writes:
> Is there a 'make uninstall' for Emacs (v27?) or am I just not seeing it?
> Given that there can be significant changes from version to version of
> Emacs, a 'make uninstall' would be helpful to ensure you do not leave
> cruft lying around that might get sucked into a future compilation or
> execution of Emacs (say, an old lisp file).
If you plan on having several non-OS-distributed versions of Emacs, then
I'd suggest not saying "make install" at all. Emacs runs fine from
wherever you've compiled it.
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