On Tue, 15 Aug 2023, Jason Liu wrote:
Yes, you're right that clearing the build phase doesn't prove anything, but I'm not sure I'm following your other point. Are you saying that "make install" will compile the source code? I was under the impression that you need to manually run "make" in order to actually compile the source code, hence the traditional magic formula of './configure ; make ; make install'. Without the first make, the "make install" shouldn't have anything to install. Or am I wrong about that?
Normally, "make install" implies "make" via dependencies, since with properly constructed dependencies, make will notice that it's trying to install something that hasn't been built, and correct that. The main advantage of doing them separately is that "make" doesn't require sudo, while "make install" usually does. If you skip the separate "make" without sudo, then the implied build products wind up owned by root, and even "make clean" requires sudo.
Fred Wright
