[GRASS-dev] compile directions

[Patton, Eric]

There are instructions in the INSTALL file distributed with Grass on the difference between the two:

make clean - delete all files created by 'make' 
make distclean - 'make clean' + delete all files created by './configure'

~ Eric.

-----Original Message-----
From: grass-dev-bounces at grass.itc.it on behalf of William Kyngesburye
Sent: Fri 8/24/2007 1:17 PM
To: Gerald Nelson
Cc: grass-dev at grass.itc.it
Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] compile directions
 
Actually, I'm a little guilty, though I often ask others when  
troubleshooting.  I usually just run "make clean".  If I see a change  
in configure or a makefile, then I'll run "make distclean".   
Occassionally I'll make distclean anyways, to be safe.

I don't know how valid my method is - assuming that only configure  
and makefile changes require a distclean.  But something in the build  
instructions would probably be good.

On Aug 24, 2007, at 10:19 AM, Gerald Nelson wrote:

> There have been lots of emails recently about compiling issues, and  
> one common thread is a question about whether you ran 'make  
> distclean' first.
>
> Is there any reason NOT to always run make distclean? Should it be  
> part of the standard directions?
>

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