On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Keith Owens wrote: > > Yes, some of the problems with mkdep can be fixed in the current design > but there is one problem that is inherently unfixable. make dep is a > manual process so it relies on users knowing when they have to rerun > make dep AND THEY DON'T DO IT!
Don't be silly. Make the dependency file itself depend on all the files it describes, and add a makefile rule to re-generate it. Poof, problem gone. > Dependencies _do_ change when your .config changes, Only if you do them wrong. Look at mkdep.c - it statically determines the complete list of header files that _can_ be included, and does not care at all about what config options there are. > that are included varies. gcc -MD gets this exactly right, gcc knows > which files it read. Bzzt, it knows the subset of files to read, nothing more. Linus _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel