Re: [libtool] make install fails after an incremental build after a prefix change?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 30 Dec 2015, Kees-Jan Dijkzeul wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Gavin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> > You want not to rebuild files that don't need to be rebuilt.
>
> Although I tend to agree, we may differ on opinion on the importance
> of this. I'd argue that it is much more important to not forget
> rebuilding files that actually needed to be rebuilt. The only good
> thing I can say about the current behaviour is that, at least, it is
> not failing silently.

In order to successfully function, autotools must make several basic 
assumptions.  For example, it must assume that the compilation 
environment does not change since the configure script was run, and it 
must assume that the configuration is not changed while there are 
already built files present.  Automake depends on portable make 
constructs so only so much can be done.

Your concern is unlikely to be addressed so it is wise to deal with 
the current behavior and make adjustments to your build processes.

Bob
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