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Probs with make and links

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From: Roland Schregle
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 00:00
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I'm *trying* to get a project compiled with GCC 2.7.0 (I think) under Linux.
Some of the files in the source directory are links (doesn't matter what
kind), since I wanted to keep these in a separate directory, in which I
update them regularly (hence the links for the sake of consistency).

Anyway, on a first run, 'make' produces the automatic dependencies (yes,
they ARE correct), compiles the sources in the source directory, and follows
the links to compile the sources in the other directory.

When I update one of the sources which a link points to, 'make' insists
everything's up to date!

Just to verify the dependencies, making a physical copy of the updated files
into the source dir ellicits the eggs-pected behaviour (yep, it recompiles).

Note this happens regardless of whether I use symbolic or hard links.
(Didn't find any options for 'gcc' or 'make' to explicitly follow links,
either).

Is this yet another bug in 'make'???


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From: schregle@zeus.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Roland Schregle)
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Date: 1996/02/08
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