That's the one. Thanks! On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Joshua Marsh wrote:
> Are you referring to the make targets in automake? > > I think it is called "distclean" because it is related to "dist". 'make > clean' only removes files made by 'make' or 'make all'. 'make distclean' > will also remove all the files made by ./configure. So in a way, it's > preparing the directories for distribution. When you 'make dist', you don't > want to package up files ./configure made. It's common before making a > release to do something like: > > make distcheck > make distclean > make dist > > I haven't used automake in a year or so though, so my memory may be fuzzy. > > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:15 AM, AJ ONeal <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > I know what it does, I just don't get what the "dist" prefix means. > > > > -- > > AJ ONeal > > (317) 426-6525 > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- AJ ONeal (317) 426-6525 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
