Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> This is definitely not per make's contract, either. I think maybe the >> "Don't rebuild the list if only the OBJS have changed" hack in common.mk >> is a brick or two shy of a load, but I don't know how to fix that.
> I feel like it's been this way for a while - at least I feel like I've > noticed this before. I think there is some inevitable kludginess > around having one makefile per subdirectory that leads to these kinds > of issues. Maybe we should get rid of all the makefiles under > src/backend except for the top-level one and just do everything there. I mentioned this paper last year, but maybe it's time to start taking it seriously: http://aegis.sourceforge.net/auug97.pdf regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
