From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2004-08-28T05:11:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Rake Bug


jim@freeze.org said:
> I think you can call this a bug.
> When the Rakefile is newer than the file dependencies,
> the dependencies do not rebuild.
>
> I was hoping they would.
> I think make does this.

If you want something to be dependent upon the rakefile, then declare the
Rakefile in the dependencies.

I sometimes do this with package generation since the metadata for the
package is often in the Rakefile.  If I tweek the metadata, I want the
package to rebuild.

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