Index: tools/gn/variables.cc |
diff --git a/tools/gn/variables.cc b/tools/gn/variables.cc |
index 3c717d82ed60346525b47141581c1cef0e613b35..76305f588631e94f7f3c90a48696faf4b8dbb4b4 100644 |
--- a/tools/gn/variables.cc |
+++ b/tools/gn/variables.cc |
@@ -1048,13 +1048,11 @@ const char kInputs_Help[] = |
" files in a target are compiled. So if you depend on generated headers,\n" |
" you do not typically need to list them in the inputs section.\n" |
"\n" |
- " Inputs for binary targets will be treated as order-only dependencies,\n" |
- " meaning that they will be forced up to date before compiling or\n" |
- " any files in the target, but changes in the inputs will not\n" |
- " necessarily force the target to compile. This is because it is\n" |
- " expected that the compiler will report the precise list of input\n" |
- " dependencies required to recompile each file once the initial build\n" |
- " is done.\n" |
+ " Inputs for binary targets will be treated as implicit dependencies,\n" |
+ " meaning that changes in the inputs will force the target to compile.\n" |
brettw
2016/06/17 17:54:20
How about:
...changes in any of the inputs will f
Petr Hosek
2016/06/17 18:59:30
Done.
|
+ " This may cause unnecessarily recompiles since every source has an\n" |
+ " implicit dependency on all inputs. Therefore, it is recommended to\n" |
+ " place the sources together with their inputs into separate targets.\n" |
"\n" |
"Example\n" |
"\n" |