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To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Cc: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>,  gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFA/testsuite/ada] re-implement make clean & distclean
References: <20061231100755.GQ3640@adacore.com> 	<200612311312.kBVDCA3B000981@brahms.sibelius.xs4all.nl> 	<20061231143237.GA3428@adacore.com>
From: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:54:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <20061231143237.GA3428@adacore.com> (Joel Brobecker's message of "Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:32:37 +0400")
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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.