Re: State of the new config & build system

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:39:08 +0000 (GMT)


> * make dep is only run once
>
> Personally, I don't see this as a big problem. Just tell people to

I run make dep whenever I change config. Guess what - one cmp and I can
automate that as part of make. If the .config doesnt match the
.configwhendep then its time to make dep again

> That dependencies are absolute is also not a thing that has bothered me
> too much, it's always possible to run "make dep" after moving a tree,
> on the other hand, I don't use NFS a lot anymore, so I can see it being
> a problem in other environments.

sed works too, as do symlinks
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