On Apr 23, 2011, at 4:34 AM, Nicola Pero wrote: > What is the reason to keep the rule without the dependency ? Is it so that > even with --disable-maintainer-mode you can force the file to be recreated by > manually deleting it ?
Yes. Think of it as a really cheap maintainer mode. Another way to look at it, would be consistency with the existing style. I think the patch is ready for a build person to review it. :-)