Re: How to automatically update a automatically generated dependence file?

[Stephan Beal]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:
> The real problem is that I may change the filename of print.hpp (in a
> refactoring process) after the dependency file was written. To
> demonstrate an equivalent problem, I modify the dependency file as it
> is easier than changing the code. Does the technique on
> http://make.paulandlesley.org/autodep.html handle this situation?

Yes: see the section titled "Advanced Auto-Dependencies"

That approach is also documented, though using a different
implementation, in "Managing Projects with GNU Make". Here's a link:

http://wanderinghorse.net/computing/make/book/ManagingProjectsWithGNUMake-3.1.3.pdf

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See section 10.3.1 (page 114).


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