It looks we shouldn't clean . until we've cleaned everything else!
Angus
aleem@pneumon:devel-> make maintainer-clean
Making maintainer-clean in .
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/users/aleem/OTHERS_CODE/lyx/devel'
test -z "./Makefile.in ./aclocal.m4 ./configure ./development/lyx.spec
./acinclude.m4 ./sourcedoc/Doxyfile" || rm -f ./Makefile.in ./aclocal.m4
./configure ./development/lyx.spec ./acinclude.m4
./sourcedoc/Doxyfile
rm -f TAGS ID
rm -f Makefile
rm -f config.cache config.log stamp-h stamp-h[0-9]*
test -z "-r *.orig *.rej *~ *.bak lyx.1 core config.status config.cache
config.log ./sourcedoc/*~ ./sourcedoc/html ./sourcedoc/latex
./sourcedoc/man
./sourcedoc/Doxyfile" || rm -f -r *.orig *.rej *~ *.bak lyx.1 core
config.status config.cache config.log ./sourcedoc/*~ ./sourcedoc/html
./sourcedoc/latex ./sourcedoc/man ./sourcedoc/Doxyfile
rm -f libtool
This command is intended for maintainers to use;
it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/aleem/OTHERS_CODE/lyx/devel'
Making maintainer-clean in lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/users/aleem/OTHERS_CODE/lyx/devel/lib'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `../config.status', needed by `Makefile'.
Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/aleem/OTHERS_CODE/lyx/devel/lib'
make: *** [maintainer-clean-recursive] Error 1