From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs bootstrap Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:27:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214098115 6577 80.91.229.12 (22 Jun 2008 01:28:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:28:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 22 03:29:19 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KAEOA-0002Gg-1t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:29:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35242 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KAENK-0000Iy-V4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:28:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KAEMc-0008Ve-LX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:27:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KAEMb-0008Uy-4L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:27:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52568 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KAEMa-0008Ub-3C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:27:28 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:63070 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KAEMR-0008R6-EU; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:27:19 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArMEAAZHXUjO+KWv/2dsb2JhbACBW6wh X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,684,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="23061515" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 21 Jun 2008 21:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.165.175]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id CHX87518; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 878AB83BA; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:27:18 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:55:37 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:99653 Archived-At: > Is there a reason why $(lisp)/cus-load.el, $(lisp)/finder-inf.el, > $(lisp)/subdirs.el call sub-makes, rather than just having > custom-deps, finder-data, update-subdirs as prereqs? Yes: so as to make the two targets different. I.e. if you want a target the reconstructs the file, use custom-deps (and friends), whereas if you want a target that only makes sure the file exists, use $(lisp)/cus-load.el. Stefan