| dumbmake |
| ======== |
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| *dumbmake* is a simple dependency tracker for make. |
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| It turns lists of make targets into longer lists of make targets that |
| include dependencies. For example: |
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| netwerk, package |
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| might be turned into |
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| netwerk, netwerk/build, toolkit/library, package |
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| The dependency list is read from the plain text file |
| `topsrcdir/build/dumbmake-dependencies`. The format best described by |
| example: |
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| build_this |
| when_this_changes |
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| Interpret this to mean that `build_this` is a dependency of |
| `when_this_changes`. More formally, a line (CHILD) indented more than |
| the preceding line (PARENT) means that CHILD should trigger building |
| PARENT. That is, building CHILD will trigger building first CHILD and |
| then PARENT. |
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| This structure is recursive: |
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| build_this_when_either_change |
| build_this_only_when |
| this_changes |
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| This means that `build_this_when_either_change` is a dependency of |
| `build_this_only_when` and `this_changes`, and `build_this_only_when` |
| is a dependency of `this_changes`. Building `this_changes` will build |
| first `this_changes`, then `build_this_only_when`, and finally |
| `build_this_when_either_change`. |
