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Re: RFC: ./configure or ./config.status --clean
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Tom Tromey |
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Re: RFC: ./configure or ./config.status --clean |
Date: |
30 Mar 2002 17:52:20 -0700 |
>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
Paul> distclean is a standard GNU make target, so I would think every
Paul> sub Makefile should support it.
That's what we do. I've never used this in a directory other than the
top level, but I think it is really up to the user to decide whether
this makes sense. Let's continue supporting this.
Paul> My kneejerk reaction is that a sub Makefile should clean the
Paul> files it builds, which are normally just the files in its
Paul> subtree.
I like this too.
Another thing to think about is whether autoconf will ever have files
removed by `maintainer-clean' (or any other clean rule). If so that
will affect what we decide.
Tom