[Bug 358126] showdeps needs a MAXDEPTH parameter

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Karsten Br�elmann changed:

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------- Comment #3 from Karsten Br�elmann  2006-09-28 15:04 UTC -------
Nope, showdeps will *not* get into any circles. Any circle would mean an
infinite loop -- and thus install would be broken, too.

Anyway... I agree that showdeps is quite dumb. However, it's intention is to
check all deps for a *particular* garball. Running this for every single
garball is quite insane... ;)


I'm not sure if an enforced MAXDEPTH parameter is the correct approach here.
Your goal is to gather the data necessary to generate a nice dep graph. Which
basically is maxdept=2 always -- the garball itself plus the LIBDEPS, not
descending at all.

Recursive calls of make don't remember easily the garball it already touched.
Thus, IMHO, a better approach is this:
* A new target, that spews the direct LIBDEPS only.
* A script, that uses this data.

Maybe even not calling make at all, but using a script that recursively checks
all Makefiles itself. This will be way faster even.


Rejecting the patch, cause it *enforces* a MAXDEPTH parameter.


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