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Re: Dependence on config.status
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at delorie dot com>
- Subject: Re: Dependence on config.status
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 18:45:08 +1100
- CC: gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
- References: <200002280657.BAA27090@indy.delorie.com>
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> defs_h in gdb/Makefile includes config.status. This makes all of the
> GDB sources depend on it. The result is that each time I reconfigure
> the package, everything gets recompiled, which is quite annoying when
> working on some minor configury buglets.
I guess you're refering to things like Makefile problems.
> Why does GDB need to be dependent on config.status, in addition to
> config.h?
I don't know and yes I agree with you. I think it is just history.
Grubbing through really old versions of gdb I've found that defs_h was
added on:
date: 1993/06/23 22:59:13; author: rich
and it included config.status from day one. The addition of config.h is
far more recent:
date: 1996/03/17 00:35:57; author: fnf
Assuming no one objects, I'll delete it in the morning.
Andrew