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On Tue, 27 May 2003 22:08:19 -0700 (PDT)
Jeff Smith <whydoubt@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Paulo,
> I would say make dep was deprecated around 2.5.23. In 2.5.60, in the
> root Makefile, the target was reduced to a simple warning. I would
> call this'obsoleted'. As far as I can tell, only one Makefile still
> utilizes the dep target, and this may be an oversight. So how about
> this patch:
Thanks for the insight, wasn't aware of the exact versions. Following
that, I've elaborated it just a bit more. What do you think?
Paulo
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--- linux-2.5-vanilla/Documentation/kbuild/commands.txt 2003-03-24 22:00:50.000000000 +0000
+++ linux/Documentation/kbuild/commands.txt 2003-05-28 11:12:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -91,23 +91,8 @@
'make dep' is a synonym for the long form, 'make depend'.
- This command does two things. First, it computes dependency
- information about which .o files depend on which .h files.
- It records this information in a top-level file named .hdepend
- and in one file per source directory named .depend.
-
- Second, if you have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS enabled, 'make dep'
- computes symbol version information for all of the files that
- export symbols (note that both resident and modular files may
- export symbols).
-
- If you do not enable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS, you only have to run
- 'make dep' once, right after the first time you configure
- the kernel. The .hdepend files and the .depend file are
- independent of your configuration.
-
- If you do enable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS, you must run 'make dep'
- every time you change your configuration, because the module
- symbol version information depends on the configuration.
+ As a visible side effect of the new kbuild system, 'make dep'
+ is no longer needed at any build stage anymore. As of version
+ 2.5.60 this target has actually become obsolete.
[to be continued ...]
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