egcs_update script, should touch java files?
Jeffrey A Law
law@cygnus.com
Thu Sep 17 00:16:00 GMT 1998
In message <199809162149.RAA19915@caip.rutgers.edu>you write:
> Okay, I've checked in patches for egcs_update and faq.html
> adding to them gcc/java/parse.[ch].
Thanks.
> However I noticed there is a circular dependency between
> gcc/java/parse.[ch]. Here is the output from make:
>
> > make[3]: Circular parse.h <- parse.c dependency dropped.
>
> This may cause make to try to rebuild them with bison anyway, if
> the dropped dependency is opposite from the order the two files are
> touched. (Was that worded clearly?)
>
> I'm not sure which dependency should go.
Yea. I'd noticed, but hadn't actually looked at it.
Looking at it now, I think having PARSE_C depend on PARSE_H, lex.c
and lex.h is probably wrong. parse.c is built simply from parse.y.
But maybe there's something I'm missing.
I've cc'd the java discussion group to get their opinions.
jeff
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