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Re: [PATCH] - Fix bogus dependency in Makefile.in
- To: Marc Espie <espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] - Fix bogus dependency in Makefile.in
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 17:47:35 -0600
- cc: Zack Weinberg <zack at wolery dot cumb dot org>, jason at redhat dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <20000711022707.A9563@quatramaran.ens.fr>you write:
> One thing which is glaringly obvious to me is this.
>
> Assuming your reasoning is correct (but read the end of this message),
> there should be a comment in the Makefile that explains what is going on.
> This is sneaky, and easy to lose track of.
>
> Explaining what $(LANGUAGES) does here should be mandatory. How can I
> expect to find out about this otherwise ? (wadding through the
> mailing-list archives is not an option, and the ChangeLog isn't either)
Agreed. Anytime we do something non-obvious we should document it.
Just because other places haven't documented their obscure code doesn't
mean it's the right thing to do :(
jeff