On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 02:41:04PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Carsten Hey wrote: > > what do you think about adding clobber to ... > > Quoting http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html: > > > > distclean > > realclean > > clobber > > Any of these targets might be defined to delete more files than `clean' > > does. > > For example, this would delete configuration files or links that you would > > normally create as preparation for compilation, even if the makefile > > itself > > cannot create these files. > > Pity it doesn't say what the difference is between a realclean and a > clobber target. Based on the name, I think some clobber targets might > delete things that cannot be gotten back at all, so it seems more risky > to try to call it than it does to call realclean.
Feel free to close this bug if you think it is to risky to add clobber. Regards, Carsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
