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Re: Dependency to update Makefile


From: Raja R Harinath
Subject: Re: Dependency to update Makefile
Date: 24 Apr 2001 00:28:12 -0500
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Hi,

Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:
> >>>>> "Raj" == Raj (Basavaraj) Karadakal <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Raj> I am using clearmake in gnu compatibility mode.
> 
> Maybe it is a bug in the compatibility mode then.
> 
> With GNU make, any `Makefile' target is processed before all other
> targets.  If the Makefile is rebuilt then it is re-read before
> processing continues.  We rely on this feature in the automatic
> rebuilding rules.

That also means that BUILT_SOURCES will be built before Makefile (if
any released automake is used).  So, it matters if the target being
built out-of-turn is mentioned in BUILT_SOURCES or not.

- Hari
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Raja R Harinath ------------------------------ address@hidden
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