GNU bug report logs - #14833
make: *** No rule to make target `distclean'. Stop.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Builder <at> jovi.net>

Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 15:49:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Builder <at> jovi.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: make: *** No rule to make target `distclean'.  Stop.
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 04:35:53 -0400

Bug in configure and/or the INSTALL documentation:

tar -xpzf emacs-24.3.tar.gz
cd emacs-24.3
./configure # ... configure: error: The following required libraries were not found ...
make distclean # make: *** No rule to make target `distclean'.  Stop.
cat INSTALL
...
  4. If you need to run the `configure' script more than once (e.g.,
     with some non-default options), always clean the source
     directories before running `configure' again:

		make distclean
		./configure
...
cd .. && rm -r emacs-24.3
# do over with different configure options until done

		Peace
			--Devon

P.S. Any bets on how soon spam hits this fresh mailbox?
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Builder <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 14833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14833: make: *** No rule to make target `distclean'.  Stop.
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:51:21 -0400

Devon Sean McCullough wrote:

> ./configure # ... configure: error: The following required libraries were not found ...
> make distclean # make: *** No rule to make target `distclean'.  Stop.

If configure did not finish successfully, there are no Makefiles.
There is no need for you to clean, since nothing has been built.
This is not a bug and is not specific to Emacs.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:57:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 14833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Builder <at> jovi.net> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:57:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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