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Old 08-26-2003, 04:18 PM   #1
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what does make distclean do?

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What is the difference between make clean and make distclean? Does make distclean go and delete whatever make install put on the filesystem?
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Old 08-26-2003, 04:49 PM   #2
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"make clean" usually undoes whatever "make" does.
"make distclean" usually undoes whatever "make" does and whatever configure does.
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