> > Neil wrote: > > > Here is the story now: Effbot wrote: > why not just keep the old behaviour? Agreed. Unless there's a GNU guideline somewhere. > > clean > > all object files and compilied .py files > > was: remove all junk, such as core files, emacs backup files, > patch remains, pyc/pyo files, etc. This also always removed the .o files. > > clobber > > everything clean does plus executables, libraries, and > > tag files > > was: clean plus executables, libraries, object files, and config > stuff. use before reconfiguring/rebuilding. > > > > distclean: > > > everything clobber does plus makefiles, generated .c > > > files, configure files, Setup files, and lots of other > > > crud that make did not actually generate (core, *~, > > > *.orig, etc). > > was: clobber plus everything that shouldn't be in a distribution > archive. use before tarring/zipping things up for distribution. > > from your description, the main difference seems to be that you've > moved the "crud" part from "clean" to "distclean"... --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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