Re: Remove config.cache files when reconfiguring at top level

[Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>]

Hi Alfred, Hi Andreas,

>>       4. User runs make distclean.
>> 	There are no Makefiles present in the sub-directories so
>> 	the config.cache files are left intact.

> That seems like a bug, distclean should clean out everything not
> suitable for distribution, so config.cache files should definition not
> stay distclean.

> So clean them here.  That's the only correct place to do it.  Only
> distclean is allowed to remove configuration-recording files.

OK - so what do you guys think to this patch ?  (Presuming that I also 
revert my patch to configure.ac).

Cheers
   Nick

ChangeLog
2010-02-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR 11238
	* Makefile.tpl (local-distclean): Also remove config.cache files in
	sub-directories as there may not be Makefiles present in the
	sub-directories.

Index: Makefile.tpl
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/Makefile.tpl,v
retrieving revision 1.214
diff -c -3 -p -r1.214 Makefile.tpl
*** Makefile.tpl        22 Jan 2010 16:28:24 -0000      1.214
--- Makefile.tpl        16 Feb 2010 12:37:35 -0000
*************** local-distclean:
*** 771,776 ****
--- 771,777 ----
         -rmdir texinfo/doc texinfo/info texinfo/intl texinfo/lib 
2>/dev/null
         -rmdir texinfo/makeinfo texinfo/po texinfo/util 2>/dev/null
         -rmdir fastjar gcc libiberty texinfo zlib 2>/dev/null
+       -find . -name config.cache -exec rm -f {} \; 2>/dev/null

   local-maintainer-clean:
         @echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"