Re: Cleaning/restoring autoconf generated files
On Tue, 05 Sep 2006, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> I was wondering whether Debian policy regarding the 'clean' target
> is to be interpreted as applying to the autotools generated files as
> well. (As currently stated it would appear to be so).
Many of us read the policy for "clean" to "generate a tree clean for a
Debian build" and not "bring the tree up to upstream pristine state".
Especially because upstream pristine state is often quite useless :-)
> 1. Use the separate tar.gz approach a la DBS.
>
> 2. Save all autotools generated files before the build
> and restore them after.
>
> (1) looks simpler at this point.
I agree that (1) is the way to go, if you are going to bother.
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