Hi Ralf,
Thanks for pursuing this.
> > For the {dvi,ps} formats this is (arguably) a bug in automake,
>
> I agree; automake should remove {html,dvi,ps,pdf} only upon 'clean', but
> not upon 'mostlyclean'. Only the latex by-products should be removed
> upon 'mostlyclean'.
OK, this is issue #1.
> > $ make -n mostlyclean
> > rm -rf gettext.am gettext.ams gettext.aux gettext.cp gettext.cps gettext.ef
> > \
> > gettext.em gettext.ems gettext.ev gettext.fn gettext.kw \
> > gettext.ky gettext.kys gettext.log gettext.op gettext.ops \
> > gettext.pg gettext.pgs gettext.tmp gettext.toc gettext.tp \
> > gettext.tps gettext.vr gettext.vrs gettext.dvi gettext.pdf \
> > gettext.ps gettext.html
>
> > So, it removes the temporary files and also the {html,dvi,ps,pdf} formatted
> > documentation but keeps the info formatted documentation. Why does it treat
> > the various formats differently?
>
> One part is easily explained: info is not removed with 'mostlyclean' nor
> with 'clean', but only with 'maintainer-clean', because info files are
> distributed.
Issue #2: If I decide to distribute PDF formatted documentation, how to I tell
automake to not remove these files during "make clean" or "make mostlyclean"?
Testcase: The doc/ directory in GNU hello. Neither a definition
EXTRA_DIST = hello.pdf
nor a dependency
install : install-pdf
did have the desired effect.
Likewise for {html,dvi,ps} formatted documentation.
Bruno
