Re: make: dependfile preference list

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:29:10PM -0700, Simon J. Gerraty wrote:
 > The patch below, adds:
 > 
 >      .MAKE.DEPENDFILE_PREFERENCE
 >                      The ordered list of makefile names (default
 >                      `${.MAKE.DEPENDFILE:T}') that make will look for to
 >                      read
 >                      dependencies from.  Only the first found will be
 >                      read.

Is there some reason this has to be a builtin and not just a piece of
logic in a make library that wants to do this sort of thing?

-- 
David A. Holland
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