[bug #16286] VPATH and directory cache

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #16286 (project make): Okay, yes, you're right that VPATH isn't intended to do what I thought it would be useful for. That's not a bug, it's a feature. (sorry, couldn't resist) Anyway, what you say about dismisisng the VPATH prefix isn't exactly true. In my project, when

Re: [bug #16286] VPATH and directory cache

> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:33:04 -0400 > From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > > All of the behavior you're seeing is explained in my webpages referenced > earlier. Given the number of times this comes up in various forums and in the bug tracker, would it be a good idea to include i

[bug #16286] VPATH and directory cache

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #16286 (project make): All of the behavior you see, as far as I can tell, is expected. The documentation of vpath shows that if the target needs to be rebuilt then the vpath-qualified pathname is thrown away and the target is rebuilt locally (which means that when this

[bug #16286] VPATH and directory cache

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #16286 (project make): Well, that VPATH is useless for anything except leaf targets is what I figured out on my own after some time of inverstigation. If one has to include the object dirs or whatever all over the place anyway, using VPATH just for leaf targets makes th

[bug #16286] VPATH and directory cache

Update of bug #16286 (project make): Status:None => Not A Bug Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #1: All of the things you

[bug #16286] VPATH and directory cache

URL: Summary: VPATH and directory cache Project: make Submitted by: None Submitted on: Donnerstag 06.04.2006 um 18:15 UTC Severity: 3 - Normal It