[CMake] an easy way to clean cmake generated files?

Ákos Maróy darkeye at tyrell.hu
Tue Mar 25 07:34:08 EDT 2008


Philip Lowman wrote:
> Yes, I agree.  I'm sure there are people out there that use custom 
> scripts with CMake that generate files that can't be tracked by CMake.  
> I would argue this is a small use case.  Those users shouldn't expect 
> CMake to clean up their stuff for them automatically.  That's what 
> ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES is for.  CMake should be capable of cleaning 
> up after itself though.

totally agree..


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