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Re: Dependence on config.status


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

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