#9083: 'make distclean' fails to remove some files or directories.
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   Reporter:  drkirkby  |       Owner:  drkirkby    
       Type:  defect    |      Status:  needs_review
   Priority:  major     |   Milestone:  sage-4.4.3  
  Component:  build     |    Keywords:  beginner    
     Author:            |    Upstream:  N/A         
   Reviewer:            |      Merged:              
Work_issues:            |  
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Comment(by ddrake):

 Replying to [comment:2 drkirkby]:
 > I stuck 'beginner' since the change to makefile was trivial, but I do
 take your point that it is a bit different to most other changes in Sage.
 The line
 >
 > {{{
 >       rm -rf spkg/installed/*
 > }}}
 >
 > can actually be removed, as your
 >
 > {{{
 >       rm -rf spkg/installed
 > }}}
 >
 > will do it, but it does not make much difference.

 I think those actually are different because of the trailing slash -- if
 we do
 {{{
 rm -rf spkg/installed*
 }}}
 I think that will get everything, right? If so, I can change the patch.
 >
 > I've got another patch I marked 'beginner' which might well be something
 that is a bit unusual in Sage, (though trivial). I better revisit that one
 and see if 'beginner' should be removed.
 >
 > Dave

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