Re: [TINY PATCH 2.1.x] Minor nit and fix for main Makefile

Nicholas J. Leon (nicholas@binary9.net)
Sat, 30 May 1998 11:22:04 -0400 (EDT)


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On Fri, 29 May 1998, Mike Ford Ditto wrote:

[ sliced: Makefile changes ]

#
# This won't work because if .config doesn't exist, you will first make
# config, and then proceed to make vmlinux without ever including the
# generated .config file.

Hmmm. Ok, but then why does the "depend" phase of it work? If there are no
.depends, and a "make" is done, it will start the depend phase and then
move on without even doing a:
include .depend

But it still works. Is there something magical about .depend files?
Perhaps the compiler picks up on them itself? In which case, isn't the
include .depend
in the makefile then unnecessary?

# -=] Ford [=-

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simple is elegant mrnick.binary9.net nicholas@binary9.net
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