Deriving class dependencies
clearmake stores or records the derived class dependencies.
clearmake stores dependencies it derives in
.class.dep files. Each .class
target which
produces .class
DOs has a .class.dep file. For
example, for a target named A.class
, clearmake
creates an A.class.dep file. clearmake reads
.class.dep files when evaluating a target to augment its
makefile-declared dependencies.
clearmake derives class dependencies as follows:
- clearmake records only direct dependencies in
.class.dep files.
If class A uses B uses C, then clearmake records in A.class.dep that
A.class
depends onB.class
, and in B.class.dep thatB.class
depends onC.class
. The transitive dependency ofA.class
onC.class
is implicit in that pair of dependencies and is not explicitly stated in any .class.dep file.