Re: configure and then make distclean

[Ian D. Stewart]

On 2002.09.13 06:34 Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For some strange reason (well, maybe not strange), I cannot run "make 
> distclean" unless the make files are up to date. Is there a reason 
> for this, or is this just a result of a check at the very begining of 
> the makefile?

This is a standard check (I believe it checks to see if Makefile.am has 
changed).

Why not run make distclean prior to updating your working copy (i.e., 
"make distclean; cvs update && ./configure && make depend && make")?

HTH,
Ian