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Re: [PATCH] Use just-built utilities for help2man rule


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use just-built utilities for help2man rule
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:30:33 +0200
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On Jul 15 2020, Zack Weinberg wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:13 AM Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:
>> On Jul 15 2020, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>>
>> > Under normal circumstances, there should always be a wrapper in
>> > ./tests for each executable in ./bin.
>>
>> There are no dependencies.
>
> OK, want to write a patch to fix *that*?

The rule is broken by design.  It modifies the source directory, but
depends on build artefacts.  Moreover, it can only be run after the
*whole* package has been built.

Andreas.

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