Re: [exim] Uninstalling Exim built from source code

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Author: Ivan Lezhnjov Jr.
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Uninstalling Exim built from source code
Thursday 14 August 2008, Phil Pennock wrote:
> On 2008-08-14 at 08:48 +0300, Ivan Lezhnjov Jr. wrote:
> > How is it done properly?
> >
> >
> > % make uninstall
>
> That's not a common target for source Makefiles. It's the sort of thing
> provided by package management systems which use Make.
>
> You just hit the problem with installing from source. You need to keep
> track of what was installed.
>
> Using Local/Makefile, look for BIN_DIRECTORY; most stuff will be in
> there. Optionally there's an .info file in INFO_DIRECTORY. The
> man-page is not installed by default.
>
> There will have been a default configuration file.
>
> And a spool_directory, something like /var/spool/exim/, which might
> still have mail in it.
>
> -Phil


I see. Thanks for reply.

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