Re: distcleancheck.patch

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:

 Bruce> Hi Alexandre,
 >> That's really DISTCLEANFILES.  If you have seen DIST_CLEAN_FILES
 >> somewhere it's a bug.

 Bruce> I was remembering "CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES".  Based on my reading
 Bruce> of the Makefile, it seemed like I need to make sure that
 Bruce> generated sources get listed in this list.

CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES is where Automake lists files generated by
config.status.  ISTR Akim has an evil plan that will make this
undocumented variable obsolete (ask config.status to clean its
files).

[...]

 >> IMHO, there are already too many `if's in automake.

 Bruce> That's only because they are generally ad-hoc.
 Bruce> What is needed is a general purpose mechanism
 Bruce> that makes it easy to do text selection without
 Bruce> requiring changes to the "automake" engine.

I agree.  That would make many things easier.

[...]

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz