On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 02:41:44AM +0200, Samuel Hornus[Isobel] wrote:
> 
> 
> MESSAGE*S* FORWARDED TO THE LIST BECAUSE IT MAY ANSWER OTHER'S
> QUESTIONS...
> 
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Launey Thomas wrote:
> 
> > Could it be that your .depend files are out-of-date?
> >
> > Try something like
> >
> >     cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/dhcp/dst
> >     make cleandist
> >
> > and then
> >
> >     cd /usr/src
> >     make UPDATE=1 build
> >
> > Of course, there may be other .depend files that are out-of-date, but
> > then it should fail somewhere else.
> >
> > Although it is a bit of an overkill, I typically blow away all .depend
> > files (using find) after doing a CVS update and before "make obj".
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> 
> Sure, it works !
> 
> Thanks Thomas, Ivar and Launey.
> 
> what is the *precise* role of .depend files ?

They're used by make to know what needs to be rebuild or not when a file
change.

> A better formulation would be :
> where is .depend file's role documented ?

man make.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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