`make uninstall' and GCC

[James E Wilson]

Sam Lauber wrote:
> The gccinstall info says that `make uninstall' would open 
> a can of worms. I don't get it. Why?

The same paragraph gives one explanation.  Gcc includes shared 
libraries.  If you uninstall a copy of gcc, then everything compiled 
with that gcc will suddenly stop working (ignoring -static for the 
moment), which is bad.  There are also other possible problems.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com