8 bit os_f handles

[David J. Ruck]

On Wed 29 Mar, Daniel Ellis wrote:
> Tom Hughes writes:
>  > Surely the
>  > point here though is that any code using os_f will have to include
>  > os.h either directly or indirectly, and the Makefile would normally
>  > have a dependency on that for any source file using os_f.
> 
> Precisely.  The only ambiguity is whether the date stamp on os.h is
> sufficiently late enough.  If you unpack an archive the files will
> usually have date stamps according to their source, so if I recompiled
> my sources yesterday, the new library was written the day before
> yesterday, and I install it today, then I don't suppose my code will
> get remade by the make utility...

This is why you do a make all after installing new libraries. If you
think users are not aware of this is, it should be stipulated in the
library instalation instructions.

Cheers
---Dave

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