Hi Stepan, * Stepan Kasal wrote on Fri, May 11, 2007 at 01:16:49PM CEST: [...] > foreign.at:AT_CLEANUP(install-sh ltconfig libtool at-path ltmain.sh > config.guess config.sub) > semantics.at:AT_CLEANUP([config.libobjs]) > semantics.at:AT_CLEANUP([header1.h header2.h]) > semantics.at:AT_CLEANUP([header1.h header2.h header3.h]) > semantics.at:AT_CLEANUP(path) > semantics.at:AT_CLEANUP(at-endian) > semantics.at:AT_CLEANUP(path) > tools.at:AT_CLEANUP(configure.ac~) > > It looks as if the author hoped that the macro will clean up the > listed files.
Almost: there was a time when the macro would do that. > (Or perhaps check that they exist?) No. > I haven't done any research where this pattern was started... I have (grepped ChangeLog* ;-) > Can any of the readers shed some light? What was the intent? > How shall this be resolved? Does this help? | 2001-11-13 Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Now that tests are running in their own private dir, there is no | need to list the files to remove at the end of tests groups. [...] You could just commit a patch that just removes all arguments. Just leaving things the way they are would be ok, too, I guess, except that it's apparently more confusing. ;-) Cheers, Ralf
