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

From: Nick Bowler <nbowler <at> draconx.ca>
To: Sam Varshavchik <mrsam <at> courier-mta.com>
Cc: 77897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77897: "make clean" should do a "rm -rf .deps"
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:44:50 -0400

On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 07:56:49AM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> .deps/filename gets created during building with --enable-dependency-tracking
> and should get removed by make clean. But it does not. For example:

Use 'make distclean' to remove depfiles.

Cheers,
  Nick
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