Re: [Groff] deletion of *~ files for `make mostlyclean'

[MARSHALL Keith]

> So far, the files *~ generated by editors are not deleted with the 
cleaning make rules.  Not sure, whether this is > really needed.  The 
following patch will do it:
>
> --- Makefile.comm.orig  2004-03-10 07:11:56.000000000 +0100
> +++ Makefile.comm       2004-05-14 15:24:12.000000000 +0200
> @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
>               exit 1)
>
>  mostlyclean:
> +       -rm -f $(find -type f -name '*~')

Are you sure?  Surely make will try to expand the $(find ...)
as a makefile variable substitution, and most likely substitute
nothing, (or have I missed some obscure feature of GNU make?).

The portable way to do this is surely

        -find -type f -name '*~' -exec rm -f {} \;

Best regards,
Keith.