On 28 Jan, Paul DuBois wrote: >On 28 Jan John A. Murdie wrote: >>I decided that it was probably simpler just to build from source - I'm >>on a Solaris 2.8 system - and so it proved to be. I was careful to use >>the recommended configure options. >> >>I found that I had to build in the installation directory - `make >>install' didn't copy the `scripts' sub-directory to the installation >>directory, for instance, when (in my first attempt) I unpacked the >>source in one directory (the build directory) and configured for another >>(the installation directory). For my second and successful build I made >>the build and installation directories the same. I can't find, however, >>any documentation of a command to clean the build files (e.g. >>`configure', `INSTALL-SOURCE' etc.) from the build/installation >>directory. Is there a `make tidy' or something similar? (`make clean' >>looks as if it would delete the executables!) > > make distclean removes the most stuff. >
Rather too much, I'm afraid - the executables and libraries too. What baffles me is that `make install' doesn't install the `scripts' directory (and probably other necessary files), so it appears that you have to build in the final installation directory (which is not conventional under Unix - I build other programs under /tmp and then do `make install'). When you build in the installation directory you have a lot of build materials left in your installation when it's done. It does no harm, of course, but I'd like to tidy up. (All I can think of is to remove files that are not present in a binary distribution - using a script which calls comm(1) perhaps.) I've scoured the `INSTALL-SOURCE' document, and can find no mention of this nuisance. -- John A. Murdie Experimental Officer (Software) Department of Computer Science University of York England --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
