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Re: ok to use autogen to generate Makefile.in?... alternatives?
>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <bkorb@pacbell.net> writes:
Bruce> I don't know about you, but even I feel a little hazy about the
Bruce> distinction between "mostlyclean", "clean", "distclean", and
Bruce> "maintainer-clean". Why the hyphen and what happened to "clobber"?
Bruce> How do we tell others what they mean and ensure that the list
Bruce> is up to date? I have an idea ... :-)
These things are all documented in the GNU Coding Standards.
Actually, there's no explanation for the hyphen. And of course
`clobber' isn't mentioned since it isn't part of the standards.
Tom