FYI, I made this change so that coreutils' "make distcheck" would succeed once again:
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 3286c9b..d94045c 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2008-03-26 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + gnumakefile: remove file from $(top_builddir), not from $(top_srcdir) + * modules/gnumakefile (clean-GNUmakefile): Also, use + test ... && ... || : syntax rather than if-then ... fi. + gnumakefile: Don't double-quote-expand $(VPATH) value. * modules/gnumakefile (clean-GNUmakefile): Use single quotes. diff --git a/modules/gnumakefile b/modules/gnumakefile index 8559770..483ff74 100644 --- a/modules/gnumakefile +++ b/modules/gnumakefile @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ m4_if(m4_version_compare([2.61a.100], Makefile.am: distclean-local: clean-GNUmakefile clean-GNUmakefile: - if test x'$(VPATH)' != x ; then rm -f $(top_srcdir)/GNUmakefile ; fi + test x'$(VPATH)' != x && rm -f $(top_builddir)/GNUmakefile || : Include: -- 1.5.5.rc0.22.g467c