Re: dependencies for generated header files

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Peter Eisentraut<peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>> I'm not convinced by this use case.

> Well, my original motivation for developing this patch was that I
> often go into a subdirectory and start hacking on a .c file and then
> type make to rebuild just that subdirectory (so it's easier to see
> warnings and errors).  But sometimes I would edit a relevant header
> file and then the rebuild wouldn't happen.  That bugged me.  Your
> mileage may vary.

Surely the answer to that is "you should be configuring with --enable-depend".
        regards, tom lane