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Re: distclean doesn't remove nodist BUILT_SOURCES


From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Subject: Re: distclean doesn't remove nodist BUILT_SOURCES
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:52:19 +0200
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>>> "Stepan" == Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

 Stepan> Files mentioned in nodist_xxx_SOURCES are not removed
 Stepan> at all.  (I verified that "make maintaner-clean"
 Stepan> doesn't remove them.)

 Stepan> Perhaps this can be considered as an automake bug?

There have been some threads about this in the past.

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-automake/2002/msg01650.html
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2003-06/msg00106.html

Aside from the CLEANFILE/DISTCLEANFILE debate, I stumbled upon
one case where nodist_ files were not supposed to be cleaned
earlier this year.  Only I cannot remember it.  It's
embarrassing.  I'll assume it was a dream, and put this on
my TODO list for 1.10.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz





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