Re: RFC: ./configure or ./config.status --clean

[Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> writes:

Paul> distclean is a standard GNU make target, so I would think every
Paul> sub Makefile should support it.

That's what we do.  I've never used this in a directory other than the
top level, but I think it is really up to the user to decide whether
this makes sense.  Let's continue supporting this.

Paul> My kneejerk reaction is that a sub Makefile should clean the
Paul> files it builds, which are normally just the files in its
Paul> subtree.

I like this too.

Another thing to think about is whether autoconf will ever have files
removed by `maintainer-clean' (or any other clean rule).  If so that
will affect what we decide.

Tom