Re: [rfa] make clean should remove observe.h and observer.inc

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 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.

I'll check it in, then,

> 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?