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Re: [PATCH] Move deletion of configure generated files to distclean

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Jun 21, 2008, 01:28 UTC
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<20080621012824.GG29404@genesis.frugalware.org>
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On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 05:57:45PM -0700, shire <shire@tekrat.com> wrote:
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> Running "make clean" also requires a run of "./configure ..." again because 
> it deletes auto-generated files, which I found a little unexpected.  I 
> figured I'd mention it as I'm not sure if this is confusing for other users 
> or intended functionality of "make clean" vs. "make distclean", I would 
> assume that the first would not revert configuration changes.

I remember I was surprised as well when first time I noticed this behaviour, so I like your patch.

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  1. Move deletion of configure generated files to distcleanshire, Jun 21, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaJun 21, 2008
  3. Stephan BeyerJun 21, 2008
  4. shireJun 21, 2008

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