Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 19:40:56 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: Library rebuilds (was Re: Possible misbehavior of write)
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To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, DJ Delorie wrote:

> > and so on. One point that bugged me most: I had to call 'makeall.bat'
> > *four* times in a row to build the library from scratch (i.e. even the
> > fourth compile still found a reason to recompile something...). 
> 
> I think there's a dependency loop, so no matter how many times
> you makeall, something gets made:
> 
> 	stub.h depends on djasm.exe
> 	djasm.exe depends on libc.a
> 	libc.a depends on crt0.o
> 	crt0.o depends on stub.h

From my experience, that loop seems to have a hole somewhere, for it did
not rebuild anything on a fifth or subsequent run of makeall.bat. 

At least, that's what I recall it to be.

> As for reorganizing the build, I'll accept changes provided the solve
> the following needs:
[...]

You know what? I'll try that, this weekend.

HBB