Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 03/14] [ng] clean: simplify cleaning of compiled objects

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 06/21/2012 06:52 PM, Dave Hart wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:32 UTC, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> * automake.in (handle_compile): Compiled objects are always to be
>> removed upon "make mostlyclean", and not (not even sometimes) upon
>> "make distclean".
> 
> This is awkward.  I suggest:
> 
> Compiled objects must be removed by "make mostlyclean", but must not
> be removed by "make distclean".
>
Well, actually the point is that they should not *require* "make distclean"
to be cleaned;  "make mostlyclean" should be enough.  So what about this
wording instead?

    * automake.in (handle_compile): Compiled objects are always to be
    removed upon "make mostlyclean", *never* requiring a much stronger
    "make distclean" to be cleaned.  Simplify accordingly.

OK?

Thanks,
  Stefano