2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 17418b88..bbd997e2 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ pam (0.99.7.1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Drop debian/local/unix_chkpwd.8 in favor of the upstream manpage.
   * libpam-modules.files: /usr/sbin/pam_tally has moved to /sbin/pam_tally
     for consistency.
+  * Fix up the clean target to not ignore errors; thanks to Roger Leigh.
 
- -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:46:06 -0700
+ -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:47:32 -0700
 
 pam (0.79-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/rules b/rules
index fc62843b..7afabe97 100755
--- a/rules
+++ b/rules
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ clean: clean-patched unpatch
 clean-patched:
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
-	touch $(BUILD_TREE)/configure
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_TREE) distclean
+	[ ! -f $(BUILD_TREE)/Makefile ] || $(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_TREE) distclean
 	rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp
 	rm -f Linux-PAM/bin/[a-z]*
 	dh_clean