From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Nov 5 8:50: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E2037B4CF for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:50:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA05140; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 08:50:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011051650.IAA05140@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Bruce Evans Subject: Re: bin/22623: make clean doesn't remove core files Reply-To: Bruce Evans Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/22623; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message