From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 27 08:43:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ADD716A4CE for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:43:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFABC43D1D for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:43:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gert.cuykens@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id b11so272014rne for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 00:43:17 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=XWhriTG6MUdFarAme/Kr1aaCaQCDJJ6nja4p+wWlf8FlrU4ClsDtS7dB0MLiSWWNhyU1NYSZe5JHjdmCu5KsMR7e92b8PBXgsI57cNwVi99GNUc2u0aT/g8BDDwyWY59Kgh7GRp4XJvh87UbEO81dG3O6B9UsDUrdhy4ptJJba8= Received: by 10.38.67.36 with SMTP id p36mr795836rna; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 00:43:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.72.48 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 00:43:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:43:17 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Make Depend X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gert Cuykens List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 08:43:18 -0000 "A Makefile rule that typically scans all C/C++ source files in a directory, and generates rules that indicate that an object file depends on certain header files, and must be recompiled if they are recompiled." i dont understand this. how can a object depend on something that is not compiled yet? Would the freebsd world not be a happier place if make did the dependancy thingies what ever they are automatically ?