Re: [Bug-gnulib] Re: stdbool.h.in

[Bruno Haible]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> > MOSTLYCLEANFILES += stdbool.h stdbool.h-t
> >
> > (After all, the point of the temp file is that everything is fine if the
> > user presses Ctrl-C while building.)
>
> Is that really necessary?
> I don't see how having a stray stdbool.h-t can hurt.

People expect (and the GNU standards imply) that
 "./configure; make; Ctrl-C; make distclean"
leaves a pristine distribution directory without any garbage.

> It'll be removed the next time someone runs make without
> interrupting it.

But removing stray files is the job of "make [dist]clean", not "make all".

Bruno