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

[Bill Hoffman]

Ákos Maróy wrote:
> 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..

I am not technically or morally opposed to doing this.  However, using 
out of source builds is a good way to get around this issue.  If someone 
wants to submit a well tested patch, I will have no problem applying it. 
  However, I must admit that I currently have bigger fish to fry.  :)

-Bill