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Re: [build/rfc] automatic md file dependencies

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: rth at redhat dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 16 Dec 2004 10:17:09 -0700
Subject: Re: [build/rfc] automatic md file dependencies
References: <20041215225517.GA23034@redhat.com><200412160039.iBG0dNDX002439@greed.delorie.com><87wtvj9h75.fsf@codesourcery.com>
Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

>>>>> "Zack" == Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

Zack> GCC's automatic-dependency-generation for C offers the -MP option
Zack> which is intended to work around this:

Zack> Richard's MD dependency generator could be modified to create these.
Zack> Off the top of my head I can't think of any problems this would cause,
Zack> but I might be missing something.

I think it won't cause any problems.  Automake has been using -MP in
this way for years, and before -MP existed, it was constructing the
phony targets with sed.

Tom

References:
- [build/rfc] automatic md file dependencies
  - From: Richard Henderson
- Re: [build/rfc] automatic md file dependencies
  - From: DJ Delorie
- Re: [build/rfc] automatic md file dependencies
  - From: Zack Weinberg

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