Issues



>>>>> "James" == James Amundson <amundson@fnal.gov> writes:

    James> On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 16:38, Raymond Toy wrote:

[snip]

    >> Could not the
    >> *.mk files be created from maxima.system?

    James> They are! The *-depends.mk files are automatically updated by make. In
    James> general, generated files should not be checked in to CVS. I made an
    James> exception for the *.mk files because experience has taught me that
    James> having make include files that are generated by make occasionally leads
    James> to problems that confuse non-experts. Simply checking the *.mk files
    James> into CVS eliminates 99% of such problems. If you do a "cvs log" of the
    James> *.mk files, you will find my comments to this effect.

Thanks for the explanation.  I still think it would be ok to have lisp
always run mk:oos even if not strictly necessary.  But this makes
sense too.

Ray