GNU bug report logs - #17354
distclean fails when source is relatively otherplace

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh <at> inai.de>

Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:50:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 17354 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Colomban Wendling <lists.ban <at> herbesfolles.org>
To: 17354 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17354: distclean fails when source is relatively otherplace
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:06:13 +0200

I just ran into this issue today trying to port a relatively large build
system to use `subdir-objects`.

This is quite annoying as everything else works just fine, but this bug
either prevents me from using `subdir-objects` at all or forces me to
rewrite these parts using a completely different approach.

Also, I would believe it should be relatively easy to fix as distclean
basically just *removes* files anyway.  And the fact the problem here is
that a file is already gone sounds a bit ironic :)
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