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Re: -rm -f core.$pid
From: |
Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
Subject: |
Re: -rm -f core.$pid |
Date: |
Tue, 04 Feb 2003 18:57:49 +0100 |
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>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Guio <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
Patrick> core files generated are called after process id with
Patrick> the syntax core.$pid
[...]
Patrick> That might be nice to remove those as well?
[...]
Thanks for the suggestion.
What do people thinks about Automake's removal of core dumps?
I tend to think it's a misfeature.
For one thing, this doesn't match the documentation.
Quizz: which of the following targets do you think
Automake is using to clear `core' files?
| * If `make' built it, and it is commonly something that one would
| want to rebuild (for instance, a `.o' file), then `mostlyclean'
| should delete it.
|
| * Otherwise, if `make' built it, then `clean' should delete it.
|
| * If `configure' built it, then `distclean' should delete it
|
| * If the maintainer built it, then `maintainer-clean' should delete
| it.
Nhgbznxr pyrnaf pber svyrf qhevat va gur zbfgylpyrna gnetrg.
Furthermore, if any core file is dumped during `make distcheck',
then it's obviously a bug in the package and we should not hide
it. What happens presently is that `distclean' will remove the
core, so we'll not notice it when checking for spurious files in
the build tree. Although the build will probably go wrong
anyway, I'm not a supporter of things that may conceal bugs.
--
Alexandre Duret-Lutz
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