In message <Pine.NEB.4.58.0403071206280.2259@seduction.immanent.net>, Frederick
 Bruckman writes:

>Ah, that would have done it, except the files you're wanting to delete
>are from the (now unused) XFree86 *3* tree.
>
>> And yes, I could easily write a little script to delete them, or I
>> could check out a fresh copy of the tree.  Both thoughts had, of
>> course, occurred to me.  Note the wording of my question, this time
>> with emphasis added: what's the *right* way to do it?
>
>Try
>
>  make cleandir USE_XF86_4=no
>
>If "cvs" catches anything after that, you can safely delete it, and if
>it reappears on a build and doesn't get cleaned, it's a bug.
>

That's what I was looking for; thanks.  The tree is now cleaned out.



		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb