Re: Bug#5273: sources contain generated files
Joey Hess <joey@kite.preferred.com> writes:
> On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, joost witteveen wrote:
> > Do the manuals say anything about how to avoid this? Is just a
> > "rm -f Makefile" enough, or should I, as first command in the
> > build stage say "mv Makefile Makefile.original", and, in the
> > clean list say something like "mv Makefile.original Makefile"?
> > Doing this prevents the Makefile from turning up in the diffs, too.
>
> I maintain some packages in which I do just that. I don't know.. is
> preserving a file in this way overkill?
Check the Makefile for a target like `really-clean' or
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