%% Thulasidhar JK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  tj> why should the .d file depend on the include file of the source,
  tj> when it already has a rule that says .d depends upon .c .

Header files can and do include other header files, and so changes to
header files could potentially change the files that the compiler will
parse when it compiles the .o file.

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