Re: How to determine if a relink is necessary?

  • From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tim@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:37:36 -0800

Awesome info Tim.

I didn't know about the -d and -dd switches.

Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist



On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Ethan,
>
> The "make" command has a couple useful command-line switches to help
> determine if something has changed somewhere in the chain of dependencies,
> necessitating a re-link:
>
>    - -d (provide explanation of the reasons for decisions made by "make")
>    - -dd (like the "-d" switch, but on steroids)
>    - -n (generate the commands to be executed by "make", but don't execute
>    them)
>
>

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