GNU bug report logs - #12715
coreutils-8.20: bad dependency information with man page generation

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:30:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>, 12715 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12715: coreutils-8.20: bad dependency information with man page generation
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:20:56 +0200

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> There is also a patch available, but it doesn't seem to have
>> encountered much acceptance unfortunately:
>>
>> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2012-09/msg00132.html>
>
> The easiest way to solve that is to use order-only dependencies.

Yes, that would be perfect if we could rely on GNU make:

    http://www.gnu.org/s/make/manual/html_node/Prerequisite-Types.html

If you had to require one, which would you rather mandate (rhetorical):
  Gnu make
  perl
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