removing graphics.h from stamp-prereq in src/Makefile.in

[Shai Ayal]

On Feb 4, 2008 9:58 PM, John W. Eaton <jwe at bevo.che.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> On  4-Feb-2008, Shai Ayal wrote:
>
> | Is it OK to remove graphics.h from the list of dependencies of
> | stamp-prereq in  src/Makefile.in?
> | I might be missing something, but as far as I see graphics.h is only
> | needed bu graphics.cc and mex.h, and so it is not really important to
> | recompile all the def files etc.. every time it is changed. This would
> | go a long way towards enhancing the development experience of certain
> | individuals with slow machines ...
>
> If you simply remove graphics.h from the list of files in the
> stamp-prereq target, I think you will break some other things.
>
> I don't see how to get all the dependencies 100% correct and still
> have separate Makefiles in the src and liboctave directories, and to
> also handle the possibility that some values in defaults.h and
> oct-conf.h may come from the environment.
>
> I'd consider a patch, but I don't have time at the moment to try to
> fix these problems.

Before sending a patch, can you give a brief explanation about the
purpose of the stamp-prereq target, because I'm quite sure I don't
understand it.
Thanks,
Shai