> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Oliva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 1:53 PM
> To: Robert Collins
> Cc: Lars J. Aas; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: target dependency bug
>
>
> On Apr 16, 2001, "Robert Collins"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm happy with --enable-dependency-tracking... but will all the end
> > users?
>
> If they want dependence tracking, yes. Note that it will be enabled
> by default if it can be obtained as a side effect of compilation.
> Also note that, if the dependence file is a generated file that is not
> part of the distribution, simply enabling dependence tracking won't be
> enough: when make decides to build the file, it doesn't know yet what
> its dependences are. Dependencies on generated files must be
> explicitly encoded in the Makefile, except for BUILT_SOURCES, that
> automake takes care of building by itself.
Thats the bug I reported: a built_source that doesn't get encoded as a
dependency by automake.
Rob
>
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