[CMake] A strange problem when I "rm -rf *" under project/build.

[Philip Lowman]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Kermit Mei <kermit.mei at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, I create my project in the directory ~/project.
>
> And then, I build it in ~/project/build as the following:
>
> cd ~/project
> mkdir build
> cd build
> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
> make
> sudo make install
>
> So far, everything of my program works well.
>
> But, if I delete the files under ~/project/build/*,
> My program will come back to the last version.
>
> Why?


Is it possible you're setting your PATH environment variable to include
~/project/build or something like that so by removing it the system is
falling back on /usr/bin?

Try running "which your_program_name" before and after removing
~/project/build/*.

-- 
Philip Lowman
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