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Re: preprocessor/6521: -MG creates dependency with wrong path

Robert Spier wrote:-

> The only sensible patch I can think of is to remove this odd
> functionality entirely.
> 
> The below patch unifies handling for system and non-system include
> files and removes the special case.  It only affects -MG, and brings
> it in line with the documentation:
> 
>       -MG When used with -M or -MM, -MG says to treat missing
>            header files as generated files and assume they live
>            in the same directory as the source file.  It sup?
>            presses preprocessed output, as a missing header file
>            is ordinarily an error.

Zack,

What do you think of this?  I'm a bit worried about it.

Andreas,

Does glibc, Hurd or any other software you're aware of depend
on the contrary-to-documented behaviour of -MG with <>?

Neil.
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