"Paul D. Smith" wrote:
> %% Patrick Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> pc> I can understand using the directory caching feature to improve
> pc> performance, but it seems that this feature does cause users some
> pc> problems. Couldn't you modify make so that when such an error
> pc> occurs, instead of failing immediately, it rereads the directory
> pc> and tries again?
>
> We could... but that largely negates the purpose of the cache, at least
> as make uses it.
But you would only reread the directory when an error condition occured
so Makfiles that worked before wouldn't be affected.
Parick
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