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Re: [RFA/testsuite/ada] re-implement make clean & distclean


Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:
>> > 2006-12-31  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
>> > 
>> >         * gdb.ada/Makefile.in (EXECUTABLES): Delete.
>> >         (MISCELLANEOUS): Delete.
>> >         (clean): Re-implement.
>> >         (mostlyclean): Likewise.
>> > 
>> > Tested on my x86-linux laptop.  Any objection?
>> 
>> Hmm, seems a bit scary to me.  If I read this correctly, a file named
>> NOTES would be wiped isn't it?  I'm using a seperate object dir, so I
>> probably won't care, but others might...
>
> The thing is that we very rarely add files other than the exp files
> and the source code. If we add a file called NOTES in gdb.ada, then
> we can adjust the exclusion list in the find command. Doing it the
> other way around is a lot more work.

Mistakes in Joel's suggested new procedure would be caught by CVS ---
another point in its favor.


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