>> running UCB/BSD Make at top level generates the following error:
>> cc@e316:~/src/yawm/yawm-0.0.1-a5% make clean
>> *** Error code 1

Pavel> In my very humble opinion "make clean" is luxury. It is not
Pavel> essencial to compile and install software. If you want more,
Pavel> use GNU make.

I think this problem is fixed in cvs.  If it is the problem I am
thinking of, then it is actually a combination of a BSD make oddity
(it runs "sh -e") and a BSD sh oddity (it treats && and || strangely).

I think the problem was fixed by this change:

1999-03-02  Tom Tromey  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

        * subdirs.am (maintainer-clean-recursive): Changed "&&" into "if"
        construct to work around FreeBSD make/sh problem.  From Rich Wales.

Tom

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