Re: auto-dep cannot possibly work?

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 08:24 -0500, David Boyce wrote:
> In other words, generate an additional dependency on the DIRECTORIES
> in the search path. 

Of course the problem here is that EVERY .o file is rebuilt whenever ANY
file is added or removed or renamed from any of the directories on the
search path.

Note that also means things like your editor leaving a backup file in
the directory, etc.: these things all change the timestamps on the
directories.

Certainly that's a possible solution but I expect it would be
frustrating for people to use in general: a lot of extra rebuilding just
to handle what is surely a very rare situation.

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