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Re: distcleancheck.patch
From: |
Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
Subject: |
Re: distcleancheck.patch |
Date: |
24 Nov 2001 09:45:00 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 |
>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:
Bruce> Hi Alexandre,
>> That's really DISTCLEANFILES. If you have seen DIST_CLEAN_FILES
>> somewhere it's a bug.
Bruce> I was remembering "CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES". Based on my reading
Bruce> of the Makefile, it seemed like I need to make sure that
Bruce> generated sources get listed in this list.
CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES is where Automake lists files generated by
config.status. ISTR Akim has an evil plan that will make this
undocumented variable obsolete (ask config.status to clean its
files).
[...]
>> IMHO, there are already too many `if's in automake.
Bruce> That's only because they are generally ad-hoc.
Bruce> What is needed is a general purpose mechanism
Bruce> that makes it easy to do text selection without
Bruce> requiring changes to the "automake" engine.
I agree. That would make many things easier.
[...]
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz