Re: Patch Makefile.in to remove .DS_Store on MacOSX

[Seiji Zenitani]

CHENG Gao wrote:
>
> Attached is patch file to remove .DS_Store (on MacOSX) while  
installing
> Emacs.
>
> --- Makefile.in.old     2009-08-13 22:15:27.000000000 +0800
> +++ Makefile.in 2009-08-13 22:13:14.000000000 +0800
> @@ -486,6 +486,7 @@
>                 chmod a+rx $${subdir} ; \
>                 rm -rf $${subdir}/RCS ; \
>                 rm -rf $${subdir}/CVS ; \
> +               rm -f  $${subdir}/.DS_Store ; \
>                 rm -f  $${subdir}/.cvsignore ; \
>                 rm -f  $${subdir}/.gitignore ; \
>                 rm -f  $${subdir}/.arch-inventory ; \

I think this proposal is reasonable.

The .DS_Store is a meta file to store GUI-related information
(size, position of the window or icon's position in the window),
and it is automatically generated by Finder (the file browser).

Can I install this?

Seiji