RE: cache directory is not removed

[Sam Liddicott]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Wendling [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 07 June 2002 20:41
> To: Alexandre Duret-Lutz
> Cc: Sam Steingold; Akim Demaille; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: cache directory is not removed
> 
> 
> Also sprach Alexandre Duret-Lutz:
> } > > 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'.
> } 
> ugh

Double ugh, not all users have or can get a large quota on the boxes they
develop on.
Going to double quota for a short time isn't an option in many cases.

Turning it off should really be a possibility.

Sam