Re: [CentOS] mkdep vs. makedepend

One of my assignments is to bring this up to CentOS, but on my first effort, I ran into this interesting "feature." The original build process (FC1) uses mkdep to generate the dependency files that are

My FC2 system doesn't have a mkdep command.

Can someone enlighten me on this, particularly w.r.t. 1) how do I use makedepend to generate the same files mkdep did and is this a good idea (my impression is that it's not really that hard but also not

If you require a non-standard tool (I've really wouldn't depend on this! Even makedepend is in the X package on FC2) then you should bundle it as part of your build process.