Re: [jamboost] Re: bad dependency generation

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-25 09:44:22

On Wednesday 25 May 2005 18:20, David Abrahams wrote:
> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > - DEPENDS $(rsp) : $(sources) ;
>
> What makes it OK to delete this line?

Your own comment! Mentioned in the patch itself:

+ # Note: we don't need dependecy from response file on sources
+ # because response file only needs the names of the sources.

That's true, response file will be created before the target, and it only
need the name of sources, not their content, and so should not depend on them.

- Volodya

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