+Fri May 23 00:09:35 1997 Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
+
+ * doc/as.texinfo: Updated for -MD option.
+ * Makefile.in (CFILES): Added depend.c.
+ (OBJS): Added depend.o.
+ * as.h (start_dependencies, register_dependency,
+ print_dependencies): New declarations.
+ * depend.c: New file.
+ * as.c (parse_args): Added -MD option.
+ (main): Call print_dependencies.
+ (show_usage): Added help for -MD.
+ * read.c (s_app_file): Call register_dependency.
+ (s_include): Call register_dependency when file is found.
+ (read_a_source_file): Call register_dependency.
+
Wed May 21 17:39:28 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
* config/obj-coff.c (symbol_to_chars): If TE_PE, don't add the
* L:: -L to retain local labels
* M:: -M or --mri to assemble in MRI compatibility mode
+* MD:: --MD for dependency tracking
* o:: -o to name the object file
* R:: -R to join data and text sections
* statistics:: --statistics to see statistics about assembly
@end itemize
+@node MD
+@section Dependency tracking: @code{--MD}
+
+@kindex --MD
+@cindex dependency tracking
+@cindex make rules
+
+@code{@value{AS}} can generate a dependency file for the file it creates. This
+file consists of a single rule suitable for @code{make} describing the
+dependencies of the main source file.
+
+The rule is written to the file named in its argument.
+
+This feature is used in the automatic updating of makefiles.
+
@node o
@section Name the Object File: @code{-o}
Software Foundation (i386 mainly), and Ken Raeburn of Cygnus Support (sparc,
and some initial 64-bit support).
-Richard Henderson rewrote the Alpha assembler.
+Richard Henderson rewrote the Alpha assembler. Klaus Kaempf wrote GAS and BFD
+support for openVMS/Alpha.
Several engineers at Cygnus Support have also provided many small bug fixes and
configuration enhancements.