Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Jim, > > * Jim Meyering wrote on Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 05:52:02PM CEST: >> >> Here's one more little change I've applied. Without it, rerunning >> coreutils' bootstrap and building would not update a stale copy of >> configmake.h, containing the now-invalid CONFIGMAKE_ prefixes. > >> -configmake.h: >> +configmake.h: Makefile > > It should depend on $(top_builddir)/config.status, as I suggested > earlier. That's a wee bit more efficient in some cases, without > compromising accuracy.
Hi Ralf, Even if there is a tiny efficiency gain (I don't see it), such a change would feel like obfuscation. What's the benefit of making configmake.h depend on $(top_builddir)/config.status directly, when there's already a dependency like this? Makefile: $(top_builddir)/config.status Besides, I think the shorter, variable-free dependency: configmake.h: Makefile is clearer than this: configmake.h: $(top_builddir)/config.status
