Re: problem with genmarshal rules in libbonobo

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

Hi,

On 14 Aug 2001, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com> writes:
> > I noticed that the genmarshal rules in libbonobo use a cmp command
> > to check if gnome-canvas-marshal.h is the same as last time, and
> > leave it untouched if so.

	Having seen stamp files horribly misused in the past, can I ask
precicely _why_ we need to do all this strangeness ?

	It strikes me that if marshal.list has changed - then it is
altogether likely that both the header and body of the generated code will
have changed.

	Hence why bother with 'cmp', stamp files, complicated non-automake
hackery ?

	It just seems like a horrendously convoluted mess for not much
gain - or am I missing something ?

	Regards,

		Michael.

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