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From: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
To: Tracey Dent <tdent48227@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: add file types to remove with make clean
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:35:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D06051A.8090801@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1292088460-8734-1-git-send-email-tdent48227@gmail.com>

Dne 11.12.2010 18:27, Tracey Dent napsal(a):
> Remove .rej and .orig files when you invoke a make clean.
> They are unnecessary files which are produced by using the program
> patch and they prevents you from getting a completely clean directory.

make clean removes files generated by the build system. *.rej, *.orig
and editor backup files can contain valuable information and should thus
be skipped. If you want a completely clean directory, have a look at
make distclean.

Michal

       reply	other threads:[~2010-12-13 11:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1292088460-8734-1-git-send-email-tdent48227@gmail.com>
2010-12-13 11:35 ` Michal Marek [this message]
2010-12-14 12:57   ` [PATCH] Makefile: add file types to remove with make clean Tracey Dent

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