Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] [PATCH] Windows build + check target

[Mark Brand]

> Okay, I just implemented the requirements check:
>
>      http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/mingw-cross-env/rev/d6bf64f447a1
>
> Note that I did _not_ hook the "check-requirements" to the "all"
> target. Instead, I added it to all "build-XXX" targets. That way,
> the requirements are also checked when commands like "make gcc sdl"
> are used. Nevertheless, due to the dependency resolution of Make,
> the requirements are still checked only once, at the very beginning,
> i.e. not at every single package build.

Hi,

That's a nice feature, but it has an unpleasant side-effect, at least on 
my system.  Now "make x" always starts building even if nothing is out 
of date:

[check requirements]
[build]    mingwrt
[build]    w32api
[build]    binutils
etc

Mark