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On 02/04/2011 04:07 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> If some platforms do use the file, we may wish to automate its
> update with some maintainer rule.

configure.in says that it's used by all platforms
except for those that combine GNU Make, GCC, and
use autodepend.  So it would appear that a lot of
platforms use it, e.g., plain Solaris.