Re: dependencies for generated header files - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: dependencies for generated header files
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Msg-id 603c8f070908111801g722b84c6h78d8ed72edb10bea@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: dependencies for generated header files  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: dependencies for generated header files  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Tom Lane<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Peter Eisentraut<peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>>> I'm not convinced by this use case.
>
>> Well, my original motivation for developing this patch was that I
>> often go into a subdirectory and start hacking on a .c file and then
>> type make to rebuild just that subdirectory (so it's easier to see
>> warnings and errors).  But sometimes I would edit a relevant header
>> file and then the rebuild wouldn't happen.  That bugged me.  Your
>> mileage may vary.
>
> Surely the answer to that is "you should be configuring with --enable-depend".

Uhm, the point is that this is broken even with ---enable-depend.
Please refer to the OP.

...Robert


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