From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
Cc: 12410@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12410: 24.2.50; `make distclean' runs ./configure before cleaning
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:24:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <g6har4v5ez.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lighlymk.fsf@altern.org> (Bastien's message of "Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:03:47 +0200")
Bastien wrote:
> I just ran `make distclean' with latest bzr revision and noticed
> it runs ./configure before cleaning up the dist files.
>
> Is it necessary?
It can be, yes. IIUC:
Makefile itself has dependencies on eg the various Makefile.in's.
If these get updated in the repository, configure has to be run to
regenerate the Makefiles before doing anything else. For example,
suppose there was a bug in Makefile.in whereby distclean did `rm -rf /'.
If a fix was checked in, you'd want Makefile to be regenerated before
doing anything else...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-11 17:24 UTC|newest]
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2012-09-11 9:03 bug#12410: 24.2.50; `make distclean' runs ./configure before cleaning Bastien
2012-09-11 17:24 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2012-09-11 17:44 ` Bastien
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