I've got a couple of distclean-related questions. I'm using automake 1.9.6.
My setup is like this: foo foo/testsuite where both foo and foo/testsuite contain Makefile.am. The Makefile.am in foo contains DIST_SUBDIRS = testsuite foo also contains configure.ac which says among other things: AC_CONFIG_FILES(testsuite/Makefile) So, if I create a build directory $ mkdir build $ cd build $ ../configure I end up with a directory named build/testsuite that contains Makefile I'd like make distclean to clean up this testsuite directory, but I'm not sure how to do it. When I execute $ make distclean make descends into the testsuite directory and cleans things up, but the directory itself is left behind. I've tried adding DISTCLEANFILES = testsuite to the top level Makefile.am, but then I see this in the output: test -z "testsuite" || rm -f testsuite rm: cannot remove `testsuite': Is a directory make[1]: [distclean-generic] Error 1 (ignored) Any idea how to remove the testsuite directory as part of distclean? My reflex is that automake should clean it as a result of me including it in DIST_SUBDIRS, following the "if configure built it, then distclean should delete it" note in the docs. My second question is about the distcleancheck recipe. If, immediately after configuring, I run make distcleancheck, it passes. Given what's going on with my leftover testsuite directory, I'm not sure that's right, but my question is different. But, if I run make dist so that I have a dist tarball in my build directory, make distcleancheck fails. Is seems like it shouldn't. Thanks much for your help. -DB
