[parted-devel] Reverse ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make

[Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray]

> Sure. But keep on mind that distclean is target to make it with less
> generated files as possible but on the same state of the distribution
> tarball. It's not target to remove the m4 macros neither the configure
> script for example.

I just downloaded the Parted 1.8.2 tarball and ran a
$ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make && make distclean
on the latest Git snapshot. I found that the content of both
directories are not the same. The distribution tarball had lesser
number of files than the one I obtained after running 'make distclean'
on the Git snapshot. Here are some of the files that were extra in the
development version:
a. autogen.sh
b. autom4te.cache/
c. ChangeLog.0
d. libparted/ChangeLog.0
e. parted/ChangeLog.0
f. m4/
...

Now some of these, like ./autogen.sh, are not part of the tarball but
are in the Git tree because they are needed to generate certain
components of it. So it is understandable make distclean did not
remove them. What about things like 'm4/'? It is neither a part of the
distribution tarball nor is it part of the Git tree.

Happy hacking,
Debarshi
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