Merge from emacs--devo--0

[gnu-emacs] / lib-src / makefile.w32-in

diff --git a/lib-src/makefile.w32-in b/lib-src/makefile.w32-in
index c0f8b8c99de383692133a901c8d5640e16a0b52e..46266d198b337c2962db463c0fa394e4a33eece6 100644 (file)
--- a/lib-src/makefile.w32-in
+++ b/lib-src/makefile.w32-in
@@ -314,8 +314,10 @@ install:   $(INSTALL_FILES)
 #
 # Maintenance
 #
+# We used to delete *~ here, but that might inadvertently remove
+# precious files if it happens to match their short 8+3 aliases.
 clean:
-               - $(DEL) *~ DOC* $(COMPILER_TEMP_FILES)
+               - $(DEL) DOC* $(COMPILER_TEMP_FILES)
                - $(DEL) ctags.c
                - $(DEL) getopt.h
                - $(DEL_TREE) $(OBJDIR)