>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> distclean is a standard GNU make target, so I would think every Paul> sub Makefile should support it. That's what we do. I've never used this in a directory other than the top level, but I think it is really up to the user to decide whether this makes sense. Let's continue supporting this. Paul> My kneejerk reaction is that a sub Makefile should clean the Paul> files it builds, which are normally just the files in its Paul> subtree. I like this too. Another thing to think about is whether autoconf will ever have files removed by `maintainer-clean' (or any other clean rule). If so that will affect what we decide. Tom