Re: files left in build directory after distclean

[Adam Mercer]

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Peter Johansson <address@hidden> wrote:

> To have files with same name in both builddir and srcdir is to ask for
> problems, IMHO. What happens if srcdir and builddir are the same?
>
> If you wanna generate $(builddir)/git_version.sed, don't distribute it as
> well. Or distribute it (in $(srcdir)) and don't generate it in $(builddir).
> Or distribute it but let the generated have a slightly different name. Btw,
> is the distributed script ever used if you intend to generate one anyway?

I think I need to take a step back and figure out what exactly I'm
trying to accomplish here, the current approach started as a quick and
dirty hack so I think a redesign is needed.

Thanks for all the help on this.

Cheers

Adam