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Re: just doing a make dvi after running configure?
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Marty Leisner |
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Re: just doing a make dvi after running configure? |
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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:31:15 -0500 |
Ian Lance Taylor <address@hidden> writes on 26 Feb 2004 12:40:39 EST
> "Marty Leisner" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > But binutils 2.14 seems to intermix the configure stages with the
> > make stages (instead of configuring a full tree).
> > (that's what I'm seeing anyway -- some packages configure
> > up front, other packages intermix configuring with making after
> > they configure the top level).
>
> Yes, the Cygnus-style tree used by gcc, binutils, and gdb now
> configures in stages. The initial configure just configures the top
> directory. The subdirectories are configured as needed. This was
> done by the gcc team, though I'm not entirely sure why.
>
> I tried `make dvi' on the trunk, and I don't see it making any
> executables along the way. It's just configuring directories and
> running `make dvi'. I haven't tried the 2.14 release, though.
>
> Ian
Just tried it...
./configure
make dvi
does nothing useful...
You need to do a "make" to configure the subdirectories...
and then run make dvi...
Wouldn't it be useful to just have a
"make configure"
target? I'm not thrilled about this behavior.
marty