Re: Using the target of a pattern rule as a prerequisite

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Boris Kolpackov <address@hidden> writes:

  bk> "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden> writes:

  >> In general it's not a good idea (IMO) to depend on a directory
  >> anyway: it will cause your code to rebuild in many situations where
  >> it's not necessary.

  bk> I think using order-only dependency on a directory is not such a bad
  bk> idea.

Yes, that's true.  Of course then he has the original problem of
obtaining the directory name in the prerequisite list.  I realize you
have a solution for that in your patches as well :-).

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