Makefile.in diff against CVS to prevent man/config rebuild every make

mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org
Fri Apr 27 09:39:26 EST 2001


So we go from rebuilding every time to building once.  Even if the .out
have files change.  The first is anonying, the latter is unacceptable. =)

- Ben


On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Carson Gaspar wrote:

> Bug: all .out files get rebuilt every make. This is silly, and breaks make
> install if root cannot write to your build dir.
>
> Fix: add dependancy check sop .out files only get rebuilt if the source
> file changes
>
> FixBug: if any source file gets changed, all .out files get rebuilt. This
> is because man pages and config files both get .out extensions but get
> created differently. It's sub-optimal, but still better than what's in CVS.
>
> --
> Carson Gaspar - carson at taltos.org
> Queen trapped in a butch body




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