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authorBruce Momjian2005-04-23 20:52:32 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2005-04-23 20:52:32 +0000
commite8ad6d9666fac0a4305406c96ec699806f171eb7 (patch)
treead5bce235f6c3e26c4dfaabec343f5856a8d74d5 /doc
parentf7e514d01017a2b56db9d0c970d5e22982545715 (diff)
Move info about lack of depencency checking in Makefiles to developer's faq.q
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Sat Apr 23 14:57:40 EDT 2005
+ Last updated: Sat Apr 23 16:52:14 EDT 2005
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ General Questions
There have been a number of discussions about other testing frameworks
and some developers are exploring these ideas.
+ Keep in mind the Makefiles do not have the proper dependencies for
+ include files. You have to do a make clean and then another make. If
+ you are using GCC you can use the --enable-depend option of configure
+ to have the compiler compute the dependencies automatically.
+
1.9) What tools are available for developers?
First, all the files in the src/tools directory are designed for
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html
index a9ef832f29..682af0ac4f 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
<H1>Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for
PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Sat Apr 23 14:57:40 EDT 2005</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Sat Apr 23 16:52:14 EDT 2005</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@
<P>There have been a number of discussions about other testing
frameworks and some developers are exploring these ideas.</P>
+ <P>Keep in mind the <I>Makefiles</I> do not have the proper
+ dependencies for include files. You have to do a <I>make clean</I>
+ and then another <I>make</I>. If you are using <SMALL>GCC</SMALL>
+ you can use the <I>--enable-depend</I> option of <I>configure</I>
+ to have the compiler compute the dependencies automatically.</P>
+
<H3><A name="1.9">1.9</A>) What tools are available for
developers?</H3>