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Subject: Re: Automatic dependency tracking
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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
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In-Reply-To: <20080625182858.GA25575@caradoc.them.org> (Daniel Jacobowitz's message of "Wed\, 25 Jun 2008 14\:28\:58 -0400")
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>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:

Daniel> Option two: we could require GNU make.

FWIW it is pretty easy to implement automake-style dependency tracking
with GNU make.  This failed for GCC, due to make bugs, but GCC's
Makefiles are weird.

GNU make is really much nicer than the other alternatives.

Daniel> Option four: We could borrow logic from BFD to generate dependency
Daniel> lists.  What's going on with this code anyway?  Why does BFD need
Daniel> dependency lists in Makefile.am if it uses automake?

The BFD code predates Automake and, as I recall, was deemed to work
well enough.

Tom