Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:50:03 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/22623: make clean doesn't remove core files Message-ID: <200011051650.IAA05140@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/22623; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: andrew@ugh.net.au
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/22623: make clean doesn't remove core files
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 03:46:17 +1100 (EST)
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000 andrew@ugh.net.au wrote:
> >Synopsis: make clean doesn't remove core files
This is intentional. `make clean' only removes files that are created
as a normal part of the build process. See the log for bsd.obj.mk.
> >Description:
>
> /usr/share/mk/bsd.README, when refering to bsd.prog.mk, states:
>
> clean:
> remove the program, any object files and the files a.out,
> Errs, errs, mklog, and ${PROG}.core.
This is one of many anachronisms in bsd.README.
Bruce
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