Re: Why doesn't Autotools makefile update Bash hash cache after install?

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Zack Weinberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Jeffrey Walton <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Why does Autotools produce a makefile which does _not_ update the
>> cache under Bash shells?
>
> It can't.  The rehash operation has to be done in the shell that is
> the parent process of 'make install' (and any other shell processes
> that are running at the time); there is no way for 'make install' to
> do that.

Thanks, makes sense.

I understand its a bad interaction. Things should "just work", but
they don't. Would you happen to know why Bash does not update on its
own after a 'make install'?

Jeff