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Michael> 2011-02-23 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> Michael> * Makefile.in (clean): Make clean should remove generated files Michael> observer.h and observer.inc.
I think this is ok.
There is a sort of GNU rule governing "clean" behavior. I'm not sure whether this is documented in the GNU standards but it is longstanding practice, existing before and then codified in Automake:
* 'mostlyclean' is a "useful" subset of 'clean' * If 'make' built it, 'clean' removes it * If 'configure' built it, 'distclean' removes it * If the developer built it, but it is a generated file not needed for "configure; make", then `maintainer-clean' removes it.
I looked a little more and I found this in the Automake manual's "Clean" node.
That brings up another question. What about <lang>-exp.c? Technically they are generated files. Should make clean remove them?
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