[paranoia] paranoia bug (sort of)

Ralph Corderoy ralph at inputplus.co.uk
Tue May 6 07:47:29 PDT 2003



Hi Bill,

> > > i.e. ./configure && make install is equivalent to ./configure &&
> > > make && make install
> > 
> > It can't find the binarys because they haven't been build. Try this:
> > 
> > ./configure && make && make install
> 
> You miss the point, the "install" target should have a dependency
> which forces the building of the default make target.

That wouldn't be what people expect though, due to automake+autoconf's
`make install' target not depending on `all'.

> I agree with the point, although I wouldn't call it a bug, just a
> chance for better build behaviour.

As a developer I use

    ./configure && make all check distcheck

which exercises most paths.

Cheers,

<p>Ralph.

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