may have fixed annoying make clean bugs

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / clam / variables.def

diff --git a/scripts/clam/variables.def b/scripts/clam/variables.def
index 1b60dc4d19db9eeb4ac84361ae7cc198301aa843..6acd205616d969ea95c8b3a26b2aeab7b880ca7b 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/clam/variables.def
+++ b/scripts/clam/variables.def
@@ -187,14 +187,19 @@ include $(PARAMETER_FILE)
 
 ############################################################################
 
-# "CLEAN" is an powerful flag that affects what clam does.  if the flag is
+# "CLEAN" is a powerful flag that affects what clam does.  if the flag is
 # non-empty, then nothing will be built and every generated file that is
-# known about will be deleted.
+# known about will be deleted.  it is intended as exported, since then sub-
+# shells know that they are cleaning and we do not have to pass them a
+# target.
+#hmmm: (although we do?)
 export CLEAN
 # "CLEANUPS" are things to be removed by the "make clean" command.
-#CLEANUPS =
+undefine CLEANUPS
 # OTHER_CLEANS are targets to execute before performing the main clean up.
-#OTHER_CLEANS =
+# we intentionally reset this here to avoid a polluted variable getting
+# to us from a previous make.
+undefine OTHER_CLEANS
 
 # sets the temporary directory.
 export CLAM_TMP