[m-rev.] for review: new machinery in make.dependencies.m

[Zoltan Somogyi]

On 2023-09-30 02:57 +10:00 AEDT, "Zoltan Somogyi" <zoltan.somogyi at runbox.com> wrote:
> For review by anyone. I am particularly seeking feedback
> on whether you guys think the few test cases for which the
> old/new comparison in the diff detected changes are
> indicative of a problem with this diff, or not. (I have looked
> at it and couldn't decide, maybe you have some ideas
> I have overlooked. The failure reports for two of the
> test cases are attached; the others are similar.)
> 
> I am also depending on you guys to test out this diff
> on real code, since you work with code bases using mmc --make,
> which I don't do. I would also like to know whether you want to
> do such tryouts before this diff is committed, or after.

Is anyone intending either to look at this diff, or to try it out?

Zoltan.