make delete-old question

[Frank Shute]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 08:54:19AM +0100, Rolf G Nielsen wrote:
>
> Frank Shute wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Successfully upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0 but had my usual problem when
> >jumping major versions with the make delete-old target.
> >
> >The problem being that it asks me to confirm deletion of each lib/file
> >with a "y" and a return. I've found that I never say "n" to any
> >deletion and it becomes very tedious to hammer at the keyboard for
> >hundreds of libs/files.
> >
> >Is there a way to change the Makefile so that they all get deleted
> >with just one "y" and a return? Or possibly use yes(1) to script it?
> >
> >TIA.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> 
> yes | make delete-old

Thanks Rolf, I hoped it would be something simple.

Now I'll update my laptop.

Regards,

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 Frank

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