> from what I can see, MAME/MESS makefile only explicitly gives dependencies for
> components which use no .h file (like most snes add-on chips and some model2/model3
> video routines) and hence are directly included into other source files
>
> otherwise, files got only compiled once without dependencies and at linking stage all
> the pieces are glued together. in this specific case, atari_vg.c is compiled in
> atari.a.
>
> to make easier spotting subtle dependencies, in MESS makefile there is a shared.a
> entry which collects components used by multiple systems, but I'm not sure if MAME
> has one as well, neither if it makes sense to have it (in the sense that I'm not so
> sure shared.a would make easier the creation of tiny.mak to average users)
Soo, if I do what I did, adding (machine)/atari_vg.o to the galaga line, would mean that atari_vg.c is compiled twice as per the makefile or this is detected and the second time is not compiled? (in the case I was compiling everything, I know in my case it was not being compiled the first time)
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