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Re: 17-factored-dependencies.patch
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: 17-factored-dependencies.patch
- From: akim at lrde dot epita dot fr
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:06:56 +0100
- Cc: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>, Automake <automake at gnu dot org>
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On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:22:15AM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> writes:
>
> Akim> * automake.in (%factored_dependencies): New.
> Akim> (file_contents): Use it.
> Akim> (handle_phony): Rename as...
> Akim> (handle_factored_dependencies): this.
> Akim> * subdirs.am: No need for convolved syntax to declare .PHONY.
>
> Akim> +# Holds the dependencies of target which dependencies are factored.
> Akim> +# Typically, `.PHONY' will appear in plenty of *.am files, but must
> Akim> +# be output once. Arguably all pure dependencies could be subject
> Akim> +# to this factorization, but it is not unpleasant to have paragraphs
> Akim> +# in Makefile: keeping related stuff altogether.
> Akim> +%dependencies =
> Akim> +(
> Akim> + ".PHONY" => []
> Akim> +);
>
> Shouldn't this processing be done on a per-Makefile basis?
> I think so. That means this should be initialized in
> &initialize_per_input, not globally.
Definitely! Thanks, there are important things I have not caught yet.