On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 08:06:35PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 08:48:09PM +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 07:28:44PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote:
> > >
> > > non_ascii.tar should probably also go in MAINTAINERCLEANFILES.
> >
> > Agreed.
>
> OK, so the automake manual says:
>
> However ‘maintainer-clean’
> should not delete anything that needs to exist in order to run
> ‘./configure && make’.
>
> So it shouldn't be deleted by "make maintainer-clean", as otherwise
> someone could run this command from a tarball and be unable to get
> the file back ("make" would still work, but "make check" wouldn't).
Ok.
Maybe it could be a good idea to have ./autogen.sh regenerate it?
--
Pat
