Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:36:22 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: wosch@freebsd.org Cc: rkw@dataplex.net, steve@freefall.freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .depend Message-ID: <199610100106.KAA16289@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199610091312.PAA01354@campa.panke.de> from "Wolfram Schneider" at Oct 9, 96 03:12:55 pm
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Wolfram Schneider stands accused of saying: > > > >Why change "make"? > > Because .depend is wired in make(1). There is no way > to stop make(1) to read .depend if exists. There is no way > to use an other depend file, e.g. `.depend.i486' or > `.depend.hostname'. > > Example > $ mkdep <cpp options> <files> > $ mkdep -f .depend.debug -DDEBUG <cpp options> <files> > $ mkdep -f .depend.i386 -Di386 <cpp options> <files> > > You can now include .depend.debug in ./Makefile, but make(1) also > read .depend because it exists. Irrelevant. .depend is in the object directory, and you're not going to use the same object directory for more than one target. > Wolfram -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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