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voodoo.child

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Registered: 2007-11-01

Posts: 30

make rule dependencies

i'm working on a project written in C++ and as usual I have to write the dependencies in the makefile. This annoys me since each time I add a new #include i have to modify the makefile. I found on the web that makedepend can do this automatically, but I cannot find it in arch repository? Does anybody know another tool to help me?

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Alexandru

drakosha

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Registered: 2006-01-03

Posts: 253

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Re: make rule dependencies

Take a look here, http://rusmafia.org/linux/node/760 - the site is in russian, but u'll see general makefile which i believe handles dependencies. I'm hope i'm not wrong.

mclabaut

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Registered: 2007-06-18

Posts: 41

Re: make rule dependencies

makedepend is provided by the imake package (was installed on my computer).

As a side note, does somebody know a reliable way to find the package providing a file when you don't have the file on your computer ?

tam1138

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Registered: 2007-09-10

Posts: 238

Re: make rule dependencies

autoconf and automake do this, and are probably worth learning because they pervade free software.