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Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/install/rule.cxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/install/rule.cxx | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/install/rule.cxx b/libbuild2/install/rule.cxx index a6a0aaf..d4921ae 100644 --- a/libbuild2/install/rule.cxx +++ b/libbuild2/install/rule.cxx @@ -1050,6 +1050,11 @@ namespace build2 // used can get complicated. So we will always use rm/rmdir from // MSYS2/Cygwin which go above and beyond to accomplish the mission. // + // Note also that it's possible we didn't create the directory and + // won't be able to remove it due to permissions (for example, on Mac + // OS we cannot remove empty /usr/local even with sudo). So instead of + // failing we issue a warning and skip the directory. + // #ifndef _WIN32 if (base.sudo == nullptr) { @@ -1065,9 +1070,9 @@ namespace build2 { try_rmdir (chd); } - catch (const system_error& e) + catch (const system_error&) { - fail << "unable to remove directory " << chd << ": " << e; + r = false; } } else @@ -1091,7 +1096,14 @@ namespace build2 text << "uninstall " << reld; } - run (pp, args); + process pr (run_start (pp, args)); + r = run_finish_code (args, pr); + } + + if (!r) + { + warn << "unable to remove empty directory " << chd << ", ignoring"; + return false; } } |