Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:04:44 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Bill Currie <bill AT taniwha DOT org>
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Subject: Re: newbie question involving InfoZIP source and DJGPP
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Bill Currie wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 09:15:40AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Make doesn't know that changing a Makefile requires recompiling the 
> > entire distribution, unless all .o files have the Makefile in the list of 
> > their prerequisites.
> 
> And doing so can be a royal PITA when you say add a new file to your project.

It depends on the project.

> In summary, this is what `make clean' is for :)

"make -W" is better (if you have a single *.h file on which all .o files 
depend ;-).