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Re: sim: using automake
>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
Doug> [I would prefer to avoid automake.]
Can you say why?
Doug> Question: can automake handle dependencies on machine generated files?
Doug> I think(!) the answer is "no", so automake doesn't solve all problems.
Yes.
Doug> Observation: gdb no longer manually describes dependencies (*1) yet it
Doug> doesn't use automake.
Yes, I did this by porting the code from automake, since that seemed
simpler than moving gdb to use automake. Using automake would actually
offer other benefits, I just didn't want do deal with the details of the
transition.
Tom