makefile dependency revamp

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Ian,

* Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:31:16PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > I'm sure I must be missing something blatantly obvious, but:
> > why is bintuils generating dependencies in trees that use automake
> > anyway?  Is there anything wrong with automatic dependency tracking?
> 
> Historically we did it because 1) our dependency tracking system
> preceded to conversion to automake, so we had it anyhow; 2) when we
> converted to automake, automake's dependency tracking was not reliable
> for all compilers, and since the binutils are required for gcc on some
> platforms people do build the binutils with all sorts of compilers.

OK, thanks for the explanation.

> These days it may be quite reasonable to switch over to automake's
> dependency tracking.

Guess I'll be looking at that then, too.

Cheers,
Ralf