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bug #40556: libgui Makefile clean targets should not use wildcards

Submitted by:  John W. Eaton <jwe>
Submitted on:  Tue 12 Nov 2013 06:25:49 PM UTC  
 
Category: Configuration and Build SystemSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Other
Status: Need InfoAssigned to: None
Originator Name: jweOpen/Closed: Closed
Release: devOperating System: Any

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Mon 18 Nov 2013 07:57:16 PM UTC, comment #3:

I just did 'make clean' and 'make distclean' in libgui and I don't get this long list of rm statements with wildcards. Maybe this has been fixed already. I do get just three instances of wildcards at the top-level and they are all automake generated statements.

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Mon 18 Nov 2013 06:47:56 AM UTC, comment #2:

I noticed this set of commands recently:

I didn't have time to investigate but I thought it must be something we did. If it's automake, then I'm a bit surprised since I would expect it to only remove files it knows about. But it does look like these are coming from automake. I guess I just never noticed this before.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Project Administrator
Sun 17 Nov 2013 10:49:58 PM UTC, comment #1:

Could you say more? The only Makefile I locate using find in the libgui directory is the Makefile at the topmost dir. Inside I find three instances of the regexp 'rm .\' and they are all associated with automatically generated automake targets, not our own coding. I checked in libinterp and the Makefile there has the same three targets with wildcards.

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Tue 12 Nov 2013 06:25:49 PM UTC, original submission:

The clean targets in the libgui Makefiles use wildcards for deleting files. They should use explicit lists of files instead.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
Project Administrator

 

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