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     1 dumbmake

     2 ========

     4 *dumbmake* is a simple dependency tracker for make.

     6 It turns lists of make targets into longer lists of make targets that

     7 include dependencies.  For example:

     9     netwerk, package

    11 might be turned into

    13     netwerk, netwerk/build, toolkit/library, package

    15 The dependency list is read from the plain text file

    16 `topsrcdir/build/dumbmake-dependencies`.  The format best described by

    17 example:

    19     build_this

    20         when_this_changes

    22 Interpret this to mean that `build_this` is a dependency of

    23 `when_this_changes`.  More formally, a line (CHILD) indented more than

    24 the preceding line (PARENT) means that CHILD should trigger building

    25 PARENT.  That is, building CHILD will trigger building first CHILD and

    26 then PARENT.

    28 This structure is recursive:

    30     build_this_when_either_change

    31         build_this_only_when

    32             this_changes

    34 This means that `build_this_when_either_change` is a dependency of

    35 `build_this_only_when` and `this_changes`, and `build_this_only_when`

    36 is a dependency of `this_changes`.  Building `this_changes` will build

    37 first `this_changes`, then `build_this_only_when`, and finally

    38 `build_this_when_either_change`.

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