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Re: A build system using ``Recursive Make Considered harmful''


From: Tom Tromey
Subject: Re: A build system using ``Recursive Make Considered harmful''
Date: 02 Aug 2001 12:25:55 -0600

>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Goth <address@hidden> writes:

>> There are two issues dealing with subtleties of make semantics that
>> I would appreciate help and/or suggestions in fixing. They are with
>> program-generated code and with fragility during cleaning.

Andy> One problem I have is that I must manually remove the .d files
Andy> before deleting a .h file, or make'll barf.

Read the automake dependency tracking paper.  We ran into this problem
years ago, and fixed it.

Tom



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