From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 9 18:06:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA25861 for current-outgoing; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 18:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA25852; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 18:06:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA16289; Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:36:23 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610100106.KAA16289@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: .depend To: wosch@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 10:36:22 +0930 (CST) Cc: rkw@dataplex.net, steve@freefall.freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199610091312.PAA01354@campa.panke.de> from "Wolfram Schneider" at Oct 9, 96 03:12:55 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > $ mkdep -f .depend.debug -DDEBUG > $ mkdep -f .depend.i386 -Di386 > > 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 [[