Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | (Matthias Urlichs) | Subject | Re: The ultimative dependency generation | Date | 7 Dec 1996 01:50:22 +0100 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <9612061954.AA00460@dcl.MIT.EDU>, "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> writes: > > Here's a patch to implement the ultimative dependency generation with > gcc -MD. It has a number of advantages over the conventional `make > depend' thing: > > But how do you get started? If you are starting from a fresh tree, and > you have just run Configure, there won't be any .d files there to start > off with. > But there won't be any .o file either. Therefore, the file will be compiled and -MD will automagically create a new .d file.
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