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

From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
To: Robert Spier <rspier at pobox dot com>
Cc: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>, gcc-gnats at gcc dot gnu dot org,gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 09:10:27 +0100
Subject: Re: preprocessor/6521: -MG creates dependency with wrong path
References: <20020430203529.18069.qmail@sources.redhat.com> <20020503125410.GF17218@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> <20020503164625.GA9494@codesourcery.com> <15570.60236.991186.612243@rls.cx>

Robert Spier wrote:-

> >> This is intended behaviour (but undocumented I think); whether it is
> >> desirable or not is a different question.
> >> 
> >> IMO this is not worth fixing; and we should just document the behaviour
> >> for <> headers.  What do you think, Zack?
> >
> >Agreed.
> 
> Why is this the intended behavior?  It doesn't make much sense to me.

It's intended because it's what the comment in the code says and does.
I'd welcome a patch to do something more sensible.  You can wait for me
to look at it, but it's pretty near the bottom of my to-do list.

Neil.

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