Re: CVS commit: src/share/mk

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Dec 12, 11:48am, uebayasi%tombi.co.jp@localhost (Masao Uebayashi) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/share/mk

| I had a discussion with dsl@ on source-changes-d@.
| 
|       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes-d/2009/12/08/msg001261.html
| 
| His suggestion was:
|       arith.h: arith.y
|               <yacc commands>
| 
|       arith.o: arith.h
|               [ -f ${@:.o=c} ] || { rm ${@:.o=.h}; exit 1; }
|               <commands to compile arith.c>
| 
|       ie having no real dependency against arith.c
| 
| I showd my idea to make commands to generate only one output.  I got no
| response.  I took that as no one has interest about this.  GENCMD is just
| one way to achieve that.  You can do it in $YOUR_OWN_WAY but the idea is
| that.

Actually I am interested. You just did not present your solution in
tech-whatever so I did not have a chance to comment. Do you have an
example where the existing rules fail, so that I can see what you are
trying to fix?

christos