`make clean` removes config.status files and `make` fails thereafter
I am working on an Ubuntu 16.04 system. I am trying to compile ECL 23.9.9.
autoconf --version
reports 2.69.
automake --version
reports 1.15.
I see that ./configure
creates some files named config.status
. I can run ./configure
and then execute make
successfully. However, I see that make clean
removes the config.status
files and then make
fails with an error message, "make: *** No rule to make target 'build/config.status', needed by 'Makefile'. Stop."
I can execute make clean
and then ./configure
again, and then execute make
successfully. However, it seems unreasonable to require the extra ./configure
step in between make clean
and make
; I believe I have never seen that in any project. I could be mistaken, I guess.