Sam writes:
> > "rm config.cache" (your suggestion) and/or
> > "make distclean" (Russ Allbery's) are not the right way to ensure
> > correct dependencies. Make, a triumph of AI, was designed for that
> > purpose already.
>
> And, it happens to work rather well, for everyone concerned except for
> some grandiose theorists who are perpetually after Andy Rooney's job.
Oh? I've had it fail on me multiple times. *I* need to know enough
about the program to know when to rm config.cache. With Dan's method
of full dependencies, and just-in-time building of shell scripts and
include files, doesn't require me to be smart. And I appreciate the
ability to just say "make".
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