automake

From: travonz (mailgroup_at_travonz.com)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 19:34:27 +0200

Hello,

When building a program with a Makefile made by automake, .Po files are
created in a directory called .deps.
What is the use of such a file ?
Is it possible to avoid theses files ? What is the consequence ?

thanks

Xavier

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