Re: Patch: remove autom4te.cache

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:


[`make distclean' deletes `autom4te.cache']

Tom> I think we want this for 1.6.2.  I propose checking it in on the
Tom> branch only, and on the trunk using config.status --clean.

adl> Isn't `config.status --clean' expected to clean only the files
adl> created by `config.status'?  I don't think that's its job to
adl> remove `autom4te.cache'.

Akim> Very much agreed.

I should make clearer what I meant:

1. config.status --clean is really needed.

2. the only valid target to remove autom4te.cache is maintainer-check.
   If you have an autom4te.cache that cause distcheck to fail, then
   it is a good news: you finally discovered that autoconf and/or
   autoheader is needed to use your tarball, which is wrong.