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Re: target dependency bug


From: Alexandre Oliva
Subject: Re: target dependency bug
Date: 17 Apr 2001 00:52:38 -0300
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On Apr 16, 2001, "Robert Collins" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm happy with --enable-dependency-tracking... but will all the end
> users?

If they want dependence tracking, yes.  Note that it will be enabled
by default if it can be obtained as a side effect of compilation.
Also note that, if the dependence file is a generated file that is not
part of the distribution, simply enabling dependence tracking won't be
enough: when make decides to build the file, it doesn't know yet what
its dependences are.  Dependencies on generated files must be
explicitly encoded in the Makefile, except for BUILT_SOURCES, that
automake takes care of building by itself.

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