in parrot's main makefile (config/gen/makefiles/root.in) there's a variable named STICKY_FILES that collects all the files that should be removed during 'make realclean'. it's an awful name. something more descriptive, like CONFIGURE_GENERATED_FILES or similar would be better.
a general going-over of the variable names in the makefile template might be nice, but that may be another ticket. ~jerry
