Re: gmake 3.77 and GHC Makefiles

1999-08-23 Thread malcolm-ghc
George Russell writes: > The recent version, 3.77, of gmake seems to be a bit too clever > (or maybe too stupid) for GHC's device of not updating a .hi file > which is identical to the last one generated. It appears to me > as if gmake is saving on a call to fstat by assuming that .hi > has be

gmake 3.77 and GHC Makefiles

1999-08-20 Thread George Russell
The recent version, 3.77, of gmake seems to be a bit too clever (or maybe too stupid) for GHC's device of not updating a .hi file which is identical to the last one generated. It appears to me as if gmake is saving on a call to fstat by assuming that .hi has been updated even if it hasn't, and