> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: cache directory is not removed" > * Sent on 07 Jun 2002 07:58:24 +0200 > * Honorable Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>>>> "Sam" == Sam Steingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> So, although I find it stupid, I'm ok to provide some > >> --remove-cache. But I'm definitely against making this the > >> default. I'm ok to rename it as .autom4te.cache too, if you find > >> it so ugly. > > Sam> please do so! > > Actually, I remove my proposal. --remove-cache makes no sense. I'll > rename that file if you are really more annoyed with a autom4te.cache > file, than with mkinstalldirs, install-sh, COPYING, README, missing, > not to mention again the object files.
mkinstalldirs, install-sh, COPYING &c are not created by autoconf. the cache directory is very annoying. please give us an option of getting rid of it. > >> They don't have understood the point. And then, why keep the .o > >> too? And the .deps? > > Sam> excellent point. the CLISP build process usually happens in a > Sam> separate directory, i.e., no directory under the CVS gets > Sam> infected with any non-CVS files (like *.o). similarly, I do not > Sam> want it to be infected with the autoconf cache. > > So if I understand correctly, configure is in the build tree right? nope. when I distribute CLISP, I cannot assume that my users have autoconf, so I distribute the generated configure scripts too. i.e., the configure scripts are in the source tree and are regenerated just before a release. thus, if I use autoconf 2.53, I have to remove the cache directories by hand before a release, so that they do not end up in the distribution file. this is a major inconvenience. adding a --remove-cache option (or --no-cache - for not creating the cache in the first place) is not too much work, and I can submit the patch if you wish. please note, that I am not your only user who is unhappy with the cache directory. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running RedHat7.2 GNU/Linux <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.palestine-central.com/links.html> The only intuitive interface is the nipple. The rest has to be learned.
