Package: xutils-dev Version: 1:7.4+3 Severity: important
If you let makedepend generate dependencies for multiple .c files in different directories, and two of them do #include "foo.h" and expect that to mean the foo.h which is in the same directory as the source file, makedepend will pick one of the foo.h files (and whatever it includes) and apply as dependencies to both .c files. To see the problem, do: mkdir a b echo '#include "foo.h"' > a/foo.c echo '#include "foo.h"' > b/foo.c echo '#include <stdlib.h>' > a/foo.h echo '#include <stdlib.h>' > b/foo.h makedepend -f - ?/foo.c You will see among other things these two dependencies: a/foo.o: a/foo.h b/foo.o: a/foo.h # incorrect; should be b/foo.h This bug seems to exist in all makedepends I have tried. I suppose it comes from the optimizations mentioned in the manual page. I really don't like it, because it will silently generate Makefiles with bogus dependency graphs in them for what (to me at least) looks like pretty normal source code. Such Makefiles are dangerous -- especially when you trust them, because you let the standard tool makedepend generate them. If it cannot be fixed, this bug should be mentioned in the makedepend(1) man page. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.4 Locale: LANG=sv_SE, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xutils-dev depends on: ii cpp 4:4.3.2-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii x11-common 1:7.3+20 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc xutils-dev recommends no packages. xutils-dev suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
