[DIRSERVER-1688] Using rm -d is not portable to Slackware

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.7, 2.0.0-M3
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0-M5
• Component/s: installer-plugin
• Labels: installation installer
• Environment: Slackware Linux 13.37 32bit
• Assignee: Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot
• Reporter: David M. Syzdek
• Created: 24/Jan/12 01:09
• Updated: 24/Jan/12 07:46
• Resolved: 24/Jan/12 07:46

Description

The command "rm" does not recognize "-d" on Slackware. I was able to fix the problem by changing the commands from "rm -fd" to "rm -rf":

syzdek@slack131$ diff apacheds-2.0.0-M3-32bit.bin apacheds.bin
271c271
< rm -rd instance
—
> rm -rf instance
273c273
< rm -rd server
—
> rm -rf server
syzdek@slack131$