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> On Mar 3, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I would like to understand why there are three `rm' while one seems
> > way enough. It seems like the author took a special care to remove
> > the conftest files before the user can touch them.
>
> Probably because user code could contain other tests, that could then
> assume conftest* don't exist, or even `exit' statements, that would
> leave conftest* files behind.
The trap should take care of this, shouldn't it? What could happen if
the user expects conftest.* not to exist?
Akim
