Re: Automatic dependencies in gnustep-make

[Nicola Pero]

Thanks ... great!

I applied a patch - very similar to yours - to gnustep-make on CVS ...
comments from anybody welcome.

> Hi,
> 
> I've attached a small patch to rules.make that adds automatic dependency
> tracking (a feature I've really missed). It's controlled by the
> auto_dependencies variable, so 'make auto_dependencies=yes' would
> activate it. Putting 'auto_dependencies=yes' in config.make makes it
> active by default.
> 
> The patch relies on gcc doing the 'right thing' with -MMD, so it works
> with v3, but not v2.95.2. The .d files (with dependency information) are
> stored in $(GNUSTEP_OBJ_DIR). It works with c, obj-c, and c++ files, and
> (as far as I can tell) with all types of projects. I'm no export on
> gnustep-make internals, though, so comments would be appreciated.
> 
> (Note that you'll need to 'make clean' before using it in a project so
> the .d files will be generated.)
> 
> - Alexander Malmberg