From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:21:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix generation of perl/perl.mak
Message-ID: <20071025212129.GB11308@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710252140500.4362@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin, Thu, Oct 25, 2007 22:42:07 +0200:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Alex Riesen wrote:
> 
> > Besides, a changed Git.pm is *NOT* a reason to rebuild all the perl 
> > scripts, so remove the dependency too.
> >
> > [...]
> > 
> > -perl/Makefile: perl/Git.pm perl/Makefile.PL GIT-CFLAGS
> > -	(cd perl && $(PERL_PATH) Makefile.PL \
> > -		PREFIX='$(prefix_SQ)')
> > -
> 
> This is not really the dependency triggering a rebuild of all perl 
> scripts, right?

In a way. This rebuilds perl/perl.mak which, in turn, can cause the
rebuild of all perl scripts. The rule you replaced with "[...]" does
the same, but uses perl/Makefile, which generates the perl.mak
 depending on the NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER setting.