GNU bug report logs - #6134
`make distclean' doesn't remove .elc files

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Pogonyshev <p.pogonyshev <at> anakreon.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: `make distclean' doesn't remove .elc files
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 18:10:33 +0300

When I invoke

    make distclean

in a repository clone, I expect to get a completely clean tree, so
that next recompilation doesn't use any leftovers of previous one.
However, .elc files are not deleted and it is easy to forget that you
have to delete them manually if you are not recompiling Emacs on a
daily basis.

This, in particular, led to a "bug" report:

    http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6107

Paul

Message #8 received at 6134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Pogonyshev <p.pogonyshev <at> anakreon.net>
Cc: 6134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6134: `make distclean' doesn't remove .elc files
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 13:20:26 -0400

Paul Pogonyshev wrote:

> When I invoke
>
>     make distclean
>
> in a repository clone, I expect to get a completely clean tree, so
> that next recompilation doesn't use any leftovers of previous one.
> However, .elc files are not deleted

The .elc files are included in release tar-files, so it is
inappropriate for distclean to remove them.

Unless CPU time is a constraint, I recommend maintainer-clean with VCS
checkouts. Or use `make bootstrap', as suggested in INSTALL.BZR.

Message #11 received at 6134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Pogonyshev <p.pogonyshev <at> anakreon.net>
Cc: 6134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6134: `make distclean' doesn't remove .elc files
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 00:02:14 +0200

> When I invoke
>
>    make distclean
>
> in a repository clone, I expect to get a completely clean tree

If you mean a Bazaar clone, you can use

  bzr clean-tree --unknown --ignored --detritus

which should leave only the pristine tree (and .bzr metadata, of
course). I have such an alias

  bzr alias extraclean="clean-tree --unknown --ignored --detritus"

and invoke it as "bzr extraclean --force".

Of course, after that you'll have to configure & bootstrap.

    Juanma

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