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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 20:25:19 -0400
From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] Make mostlyclean an alias for clean
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On 08 Apr 2021 14:33, Tom Tromey wrote:
> I found out by accident that "mostlyclean" in a sim subdir removes all
> the configure artifacts.  The usual rule is:
> 
> * If the maintainer built it, maintainer-clean should remove it;
> * If configure built it, distclean should remove it;
> * If make built it, "clean" should remove it;
> * If there is a handy subset of "clean" that is "easy" to rebuild,
>   "mostlyclean" should remove it; otherwise mostlyclean should be an
>   alias for clean
> 
> This patch makes mostlyclean an alias for clean.

lgtm, thanks
-mike