The binutils ".gitignore" seems outdated & "make distclean" does not clean everything

[Michael Matz]

Hey,

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023, Ulf Samuelsson via Binutils wrote:

> Ran a build script.
> 
> =================
> #!/bin/bash
> DEST_DIR=/home/ulf/projects/binutils/bin
> mkdir        -p $DEST_DIR
> rm             -fr $DEST_DIR/*
> ./configure --prefix $DEST_DIR
> make -j 32
> make install
> =================

Always build binutils in a separate build dir.  (Not doing so will usually 
work, except when it doesn't; but the general advise is always to build in 
separate dirs).  That alone will get rid of most (if not all) of the 
additional files you see.  make distclean will be similar.

(That doesn't mean that .gitignore might not want additions, but usually 
people don't notice this as they build in separate dirs)


Ciao,
Michael.