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Re: 24-clean-do-clean.patch


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: 24-clean-do-clean.patch
Date: 04 Feb 2001 20:28:17 +0100
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Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:

> >>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Akim>         * automake.in (do_one_clean_target): Don't hard code knowledge
> Akim>         about libtool, and maintainer-clean.
> Akim>         * clean.am, libtool.am: Handle these.
> 
> The libtool part of this patch is fine.
> 
> The other part I don't know.  I'd like to eventually fix the FIXME
> comment by having maintainer-clean look like:
> 
>     maintainer-clean:
>       @echo ...
>       $(MAKE) whatever
> 
> The echoes are a lame (imho) requirement on RMS's part.  For one thing
> we're left with the question of whether we should repeat them in every
> subdir.
> 
> Anyway I think this patch makes it harder to fix this problem.

Agreed, and indeed I moved this because it was making my life much
harder.  I had to first distribute, factor etc. so that I finally
could reach patch 25 (or 26 I don't recall: the monster).

But the monster makes it possible to move the echo to maintainer-clean
extremely easily.  Well, I think :)



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