rm error messages with make distcheck

[Nicolas Joly]

Hi,

I just noticed that CVS automake (like 1.8.x versions) generates some
error messages with `make distclean' target on my NetBSD -current i386
workstation.

The problem seems to be that `CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES' variable may be
empty, leading to `rm' error messages :

address@hidden [temp/automake]> grep CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES Makefile
CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES =
        -rm -f $(CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES)


address@hidden [temp/automake]> make distclean
Making distclean in tests
rm -f defs aclocal-1.8c automake-1.8c
rm -rf testSubDir
rm -f Makefile
Making distclean in lib
Making distclean in am
rm -f 
usage: rm [-f|-i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
*** Error code 1 (ignored)
rm -f Makefile
Making distclean in Automake
Making distclean in tests
rm -f 
usage: rm [-f|-i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
*** Error code 1 (ignored)
rm -f Makefile
Making distclean in .
test -z "Config.pm" || rm -f Config.pm
rm -f 
usage: rm [-f|-i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
*** Error code 1 (ignored)
rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
rm -f Makefile
Making distclean in .
rm -f 
usage: rm [-f|-i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
*** Error code 1 (ignored)
rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
rm -f Makefile
Making distclean in m4
rm -f 
usage: rm [-f|-i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
*** Error code 1 (ignored)
rm -f Makefile
Making distclean in doc
rm -rf automake.aux automake.cm automake.cp automake.cps automake.cv  
automake.fn automake.ky automake.kys automake.log  automake.op automake.ov 
automake.pg automake.pgs  automake.tmp automake.toc automake.tp automake.tps  
automake.tr automake.vr automake.vrs automake.dvi  automake.pdf automake.ps 
automake.html
rm -f vti.tmp
rm -f 
usage: rm [-f|-i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
*** Error code 1 (ignored)
rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
rm -f Makefile
Making distclean in .
test -z "automake aclocal" || rm -f automake aclocal
rm -f 
usage: rm [-f|-i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
*** Error code 1 (ignored)
rm -f TAGS ID GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS GPATH tags
rm -f config.status config.cache config.log  configure.lineno 
configure.status.lineno
rm -f Makefile

Hope this helps,
Regards.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.