It seems to me that make distclean takes into account all possible modifications to makefiles, libraries, etc. I can't remember the number of times on the mailing list that folks have solved weird compile errors by make distclean after multiple failed attempts using make clean. I'm no authority on the subject, however.
FWIW, I make distclean after daily cvs updates to 6.3, and have never encountered any problems. ~ Eric. -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 8/24/2007 1:37 PM To: Patton, Eric; William Kyngesburye Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [GRASS-dev] compile directions Yeah, but no directions on when to do each. A conservative approach would be to do make distclean just to be sure. But would that ever cause problems? Jerry ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:27:26 -0400 >From: "Patton, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [GRASS-dev] compile directions >To: "William Kyngesburye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gerald Nelson" <[EMAIL >PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[email protected]> > >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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of William Kyngesburye >Sent: Fri 8/24/2007 1:17 PM >To: Gerald Nelson >Cc: [email protected] >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? >> > >----- >William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> >http://www.kyngchaos.com/ > Gerald Nelson Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Economics University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign office: 217-333-6465 cell: 217-390-7888 315 Mumford Hall 1301 W. Gregory Urbana, IL 61801 _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
