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bug #61957: Document the side effect of mentioning a file explicitly.

Submitter:  Dmitry Goncharov <dgoncharov>
Submitted:  Sat 29 Jan 2022 01:32:57 AM UTC
   
 
Severity:  3 - Normal Item Group:  Documentation
Status:  Fixed Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  psmith Open/Closed:  Closed
Component Version:  4.4 Operating System:  None
Fixed Release:  4.4 Triage Status:  Small Effort
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Sat 29 Jan 2022 01:32:57 AM UTC, original submission:  

Mentioning a file explicitly in order to prevent the file from being intermediate has the side effect of making rules which depend on this implicit prerequisite eligible for compatibility search.

The patch in the attachment documents this side effect and adds a hint of how to avoid it.

Dmitry Goncharov <dgoncharov>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2022-08-31 psmith StatusNone Fixed
        Assigned toNone psmith
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Fixed ReleaseNone 4.4
        Triage StatusNone Small Effort
    2022-01-29 dgoncharov Attached File- Added sv61957_side_effect_doc.diff, #52769

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