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Re: .DEFAULT: rule
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Andrew Cagney <cagney at redhat dot com>
- Cc: frysk <frysk at sourceware dot org>
- Date: 14 Feb 2007 12:12:59 -0700
- Subject: Re: .DEFAULT: rule
- References: <45D361E0.6040703@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> writes:
Andrew> Automake's generated dependencies cause a build to fail when a file is
Andrew> removed. This occures because the generated .Po file retains
Andrew> references to the removed files and make aborts the build with file
Andrew> not found.
The dependency file ought to contain dummy targets for all the headers.
See the automake dependency tracking white paper (well, used to be a
white paper, now moved into the manual)
http://sourceware.org/automake/automake.html#Dependency-Tracking-Evolution
If you aren't seeing these dummy targets, something is wrong.
Tom