From 219ab66cc8f6b348d8c67b65f99d129604a05d0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jungtaek Lim Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 00:07:25 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Explain make distclean which seems not well known --- README | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index b7a12b828..f18fcf8cb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ After building Redis is a good idea to test it, using: % make test +Fixing build problems with dependencies +—-------- +Redis has some dependencies which are included to deps directory. +“make” doesn’t rebuild deps though sources of dependencies are changed, and “make clean” cleans up src directory only. +Only “make distclean” cleans up deps build output. +So if build errors occur with deps you can try “make distclean” and “make” again. + Fixing problems building 32 bit binaries ---------