Re: How to create header files before make(1) tries to build-headers

[Nicola Pero]

> > If I run make(1) at top level, it will step through each subproject 
> > directory 
> > and tries to copy the header files -- which do yet not exist, because 
> > for 
> > some reason, 'before-all::' doesn't get 'executed' before all. Uhm.
> 
> I guess that's a bug. before-all depends on build-headers, when it's 
> really all that should depend on it. It might take a bit more testing 
> before I'm sure of that though.

Yes - but I'd suggest we add a before-build-headers though so there is no
change in the API. :-)

I imagine there is code around that relies on the fact that you can write
rules in before-all which expect the headers to have been build already.

Thanks