From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:19:08 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking. X-Git-Tag: v1.11.1b~57^2~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8f3f7d7a35a2e11b0979c8710b5205706e4c8b7b;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking. * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 8226a5f25..9a1390794 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,11 @@ 2010-08-17 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking. + * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that + automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that + the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference + to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation. Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am'). * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo. diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 39c05cd99..4d2951312 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -1247,6 +1247,10 @@ source being compiled). Later, any time @command{make} is run and a dependency appears to have changed, the dependent files will be rebuilt. +Automake generates code for automatic dependency tracking by default, +unless the developer chooses to override it; for more information, +@pxref{Dependencies}. + When @command{configure} is executed, you can see it probing each compiler for the dependency mechanism it supports (several mechanisms can be used):