Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:51:38 -0700
From:	Bill Currie <bill AT taniwha DOT org>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: newbie question involving InfoZIP source and DJGPP
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On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 09:15:40AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Make doesn't know that changing a Makefile requires recompiling the 
> entire distribution, unless all .o files have the Makefile in the list of 
> their prerequisites.

And doing so can be a royal PITA when you say add a new file to your project.
Only the new file should be compiled, and then the exe/lib linked (been there,
got the scars to prove it (no, *I* did not set the makefile up that way)).

In summary, this is what `make clean' is for :)

Bill
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Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak

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