On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Lars Hecking wrote: > > > tar: Unable to remove directory ./geometry/hp: Directory not empty > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > I'm assuming that's /etc/X11/xkb/geometry/hp it's complaining > > about. Remove it manually and "make install" again. Perhaps > > you are aliasing "rm" someplace so that it's not being forced. > > Or I suppose it could be a bug in a makefile somewhere and it's > > not forcing it, but I'm not sure where that's at. > > Well spotted, Mark! I wasn't aware _at_all_ that make install writes > stuff into places other than /usr/X11R6! rm is not aliased. > > All appears to have worked now. Any guesses as to why this may have > happened in the first place? There seems to have been some indicision as to what the layout should be in that particular install directory, and things were changing around a bit. It's probably a bug in "make install" that happens when it tries to install over one of the deprecated layouts. Mark. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
