[openfabrics-ewg] Aborting install removes OFED sources

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote:
> Gaaa!!!
>
> If you hit ctrl-C during the OFED install, it apparently removes the
> entire directory where you told it to install OFED (i.e., "rm -rf
> <some_directory").
>
> *** This is a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE IDEA!! ***
>
> I noticed this because I accidentally told OFED to install to
> /home/jsquyres.  Yes, that's right: *OFED JUST REMOVED MY ENTIRE HOME
> DIRECTORY*.  This is certainly *NOT* my idea of expected behavior; even
> though I clearly typed a wrong directory name, I would expect OFED to
> *ONLY* remove the things that it installed -- nothing else!  Consider a
> more real-world example where someone installs OFED to /usr/local.  If
> OFED removes itself, should it wipe out the entire /usr/local tree?  I
> don't think so.
>
> (sorry for the all caps, but I'm quite annoyed right now!)
>
>   
Jeff,
OFED can remove installation prefix directory except /usr, /bin, 
/usr/local, /usr/bin, /opt /root, /.
I will update this mechanism...

Hope you have a backup to your home directory.

Regards,
Vladimir