Re: xsrc/43942 (devel/pango link failure on NetBSD-5.99.39/i386)

[Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi%tombi.co.jp@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR xsrc/43942; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi%tombi.co.jp@localhost>
To: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, xsrc-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost
Subject: Re: xsrc/43942 (devel/pango link failure on NetBSD-5.99.39/i386)
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:28:54 +0900

 My understanding is that NetBSD's build system assumes that the global
 rules (share/mk) are constant.  If it's changed, users have to build
 from scratch.
 
 If some rules change frequently, TRT is to move it out of share/mk and
 write a dependency.
 
 Masao
 
 On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 08:31:19AM +1100, matthew green wrote:
 > 
 > i think we can do better.
 > 
 > if bsd.x11.mk is newer than a .pc file, we should rebuild it.  any
 > make happy person wanna try this out?
 > 
 > 
 > .mrg.
 
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