Martin> Wrt to supporting every compiler, let's forget about it. So
Martin> far I haven't seen a single compiler with decent dependency
Martin> tracking support. And even if they did, you can be certain
Martin> that each and every one would use a different option syntax
Martin> and output format.
We already handle this for C compilers. It just means writing a lot
of cases.
Martin> Wrt the tool: why would it be so bad to have
Martin> yet-another-helper-tool in addition to mkinstalldirs, depmod,
Martin> etc.? As long as we keep it simple, portable, and short, of
Martin> course.
There are already too many mini-tools.
Also, writing a dependency tool in a portable way seems hard.
Don't let me discourage you though. If you can make it work I'm sure
we'll use it...
Tom
