Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Jim, > > * Jim Meyering wrote on Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 03:53:42PM CET: >> >> I did not run "make clean", but did ensure that config.h was updated. >> That alone should have caused all "old" .o files to be rebuilt, but there >> is a bug (haven't investigated at all yet) whereby most of the generated >> dependencies (lib/.deps/*.Po files) are not included into the Makefile. > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2006-11/msg00013.html
Hi Ralf, Humph! :-) It sounds like the recent trend to remove uses of AC_LIBSOURCE (in favor of listing source file names in each module-file Files: section) is the reason for at least some of my missing dependencies. If so, that is a very undesirable (and unintended, I'm sure) side effect. I can't be the only one bothered by this... CPU cycles aren't *that* cheap. Having to remember to "make clean" all the time is so archaic/dangerous/wasteful -- reminiscent of the old days, back before we had reliable automatic dependency generation. I hope someone finds the time to bell this cat soon!
