Re: [PATCH] Makefile: add file types to remove with make clean

[Tracey Dent]

On 12/13/10, Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>

Thanks, sorry for the noise.

> Michal
>
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