On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 14:38 +0100, Stepan Kasal wrote: > Hello, > Another example: when I submitted a patch that removed Makefile.in > from MAINTAINERCLEANFILES to HAL, I got told that using > `maintainer-clean' to delete everything generated by autotools has > become a ``common practice'': > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2007-March/007667.html
"maintainer-clean" is what http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Standard-Targets.html says. Nothing more, nothing less, the rest is over-interpretation and "certain circles' habits". > I'm afraid that this might become a big mess. I think that the GNU > standardization crew might help here. > > There is a strong need for an un-bootstrap. By whom? This is the first time I've ever heard about such a demand. > Which command shouls > fill the gap? > > If `make maintainer-clean', then the GNU Standards should be changed > to reflect this. IMO, the GNU Standards should not be changed. These folks are over-interpreting the standard, and changing it is very likely to break other usages. > The obvious disadvantage is that if the > bootstrap&&configure does not finish, maintainer-clean is not usable. What ever bootstrap you are referring to, it is not part of the autotools. Ralf
