On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Charles Randall wrote:
> From: Justin Erenkrantz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >FWIW, we should not remove the config.nice files or certain generated
> >files (exports.c seems to come to mind) under any circumstances. We
> >also don't remove build.mk because it is like a Makefile (which we
> >don't seem to remove).
The Makefiles _are_ removed by make distclean. I don't know why the
rules.mk isn't.
config.nice should be kept because it possibly represents a lot of
configuration effort by the user. If they want to overwrite it, fine...
all they have to do is call ./configure with different parameters. But
keeping it is a Good Thing IMO. I use it after distcleans and even
extracleans all the time. It's invaluable.
> Hmm. Am I the only one who assumes that "make distclean" is supposed to
> return the directory structure to the state of distribution?
That's true. Give or take the config.nice thing.
--Cliff
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Cliff Woolley
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