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+# checks for left-over files in the (usually uninstalled) tree, ie. for
+# stuff that best be deleted to avoid problems like having old plugin binaries
+# lying around.
+#
+# set CRUFT_FILES and/or CRUFT_DIRS in your Makefile.am when you include this
+
+check-cruft:
+ cruft_files=""; cruft_dirs=""; \
+ for f in $(CRUFT_FILES); do \
+ if test -e $$f; then \
+ cruft_files="$$cruft_files $$f"; \
+ fi \
+ done; \
+ for d in $(CRUFT_DIRS); do \
+ if test -e $$d; then \
+ cruft_dirs="$$cruft_dirs $$d"; \
+ fi \
+ done; \
+ if test "x$$cruft_files$$cruft_dirs" != x; then \
+ echo; \
+ echo "**** CRUFT ALERT *****"; \
+ echo; \
+ echo "The following files and directories may not be needed any "; \
+ echo "longer (usually because a plugin has been merged into "; \
+ echo "another plugin, moved to a different module, or been "; \
+ echo "renamed), and you probably want to clean them up if you "; \
+ echo "don't have local changes: "; \
+ echo; \
+ for f in $$cruft_files; do echo "file $$f"; done; \
+ echo; \
+ for d in $$cruft_dirs; do echo "directory $$d"; done; \
+ echo; \
+ fi
+
+
+# also might want to add this to your Makefile.am:
+#
+# all-local: check-cruft
+