What's the difference between make and make dist? I understand that dist is a "target", but what target is used by default, and what does the dist target typically do differently from the default make?
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Dessa Simpson
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1https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#index-dist-_0028standard-target_0029 – user657267 Apr 04 '17 at 04:35
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That sounds like it just makes a source bundle but make dist on the Xen repo complies everything – Dessa Simpson Apr 04 '17 at 04:37
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Xen for whatever reason chose to make [`dist` an alias of `all`](http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob_plain;f=Makefile;hb=refs/heads/master), there's no difference in this case, but generally `dist` creates a source distribution. – user657267 Apr 04 '17 at 05:38
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"dist" is used to create a distribution tar file for this program. Please refer https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Standard-Targets.html for more details.
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