GNU bug report logs - #77897
"make clean" should do a "rm -rf .deps"

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Sam Varshavchik <mrsam <at> courier-mta.com>

Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:58:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 77897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: mrsam <at> courier-mta.com, 77897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77897: "make clean" should do a "rm -rf .deps"
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:42:15 -0600

Sam, if your situation needs to remove .deps at make clean, how about:

clean-local:
       rm -rf .deps

It does not seem plausible to me to change automake's behavior in this
regard at this late date. It would surely cause a lot of trouble in a
lot of packages. --best, karl.
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