cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config main.c

[Warner Losh]

From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel at xcllnt.net>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/config main.c
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:49:22 -0700

> On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 08:53:24PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 11:46:15AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> > > >   Ask that "make cleandepend" be run before "make depend", now that
> > > >   we don't do this automatically.
> > > >   
> > > >   Suggested by:   bde
> > > 
> > > I think this is a regression in the building of the kernel that's not
> > > desirable.  We should fix make depend to just cope with files that
> > > have gone away, which is all that's needed here.
> > > 
> > The day this gets fixed this message can go away.  Up until now,
> > you have kept your ideas how to do this in secret (despite me
> > asking you).  ;)
> 
> What exactly is broken? I don't see a breakage, even when source
> files disappeared. I assume I must be forgetting something or not
> doing everything right.

when an include file is removed, make depend can fail to recreate
.depend in the modules.

Warner