Re: cache directory is not removed

[Dan Kegel]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> > > Sam> this is a major inconvenience.
> > > Sam> adding a --remove-cache option
> > >
> > > To who?  Automake + autoconf + autoheader + autoscan + autoreconf +
> > > autom4te + autoupdate ?
>
> This option is already supported by all these tools.
> It's spelled `; rm -rf autom4te.cache'.

Yeah, but can you make it the default option? :-)

Can someone explain the lifecycle of autom4te.cache?  It's
only used by maintainers, right?  And it contains values
shared by all the above tools?

- Dan