Re: "make depend(s)" broken

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/10/24 8:21 PM, Martin D Kealey wrote:

> Problem 2: it appears that “make depends” and “make depend” have been
> broken since:
>
> > commit 6078dd9a9708077bb32d7027b3699a4bcc3d0a93
> > Author: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
> > Date:   2018-04-20 11:38:52 -0400
>
> which replaced support/mkdep with a version that lacked the “-c compiler”
> option and the “--” end-of-options marker, both of which are required for
> the “depends” make target:
>
> > $(Program) $(SUPPORT_SRC)mkdep* -c ${CC} -- *${CCFLAGS} ${CSOURCES}

If you want to use it, I'll fix it up.

> PS: It seems like that Makefile line should use “sh” rather than
> “$(Program)”, otherwise it would be impossible to go “make depend” before
> the initial build.

The dependencies already in the Makefile are assumed to be correct, plus
you're making everything the first time through anyway. But it doesn't
really matter.

> PPS: "mkdep" seems like a deficient exemplar of a robust shell script; lack
> of quoting; broken and missing error checking; error messages to stdout
> instead of stderr.

The BSDs still use it.


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