Re: nodist => CLEANFILES, no?

[Martin Frydl]

Akim Demaille wrote:
>  > Earnie Boyd wrote:
>  >> Akim Demaille wrote:
>  >> 
>  >>> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 02:02:25PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
>  >>> >>  >> Why wouldn't nodist_ stuff be automatically included into
>  >>> CLEANFILES?
>  >>> 
>  >>> > I think it would make sense.
>  >>> 
>  >>> > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/bug-automake/2002/msg01693.html
>  >>> 
>  >>> I would love this.  The only issue is where to bind the
>  >>> cleaning. DISTCLEAN or CLEAN :(
>  >>> 
>  >> Me thinks, DISTCLEAN the better choice.
>
>  > Me too, since sometimes nodist_ files are created by configure, not make.
>
> Actually, this does not fit my needs, since my files are "make" files,
> not "configure" files.
>
> But how about making automake even smarter?
>
> 1. AC_CONFIG_FILES etc. are to be DISTCLEANED (aren't they already?)
> 2. nodist_ and target of a rule => CLEAN

What if the file is in both? I have package-config file which is 
generated by configure (AC_CONFIG_FILES) and then installed via 
nodist_bin_SCRIPTS. IMHO package-config should not be removed by make clean.

  Martin