The shape release management system requires for each node system a file named Dependencies, listing the
source-derived dependencies of the node components. shapedepend automatically determines these
dependencies and creates an appropriate Dependencies file. The dependencies have the form of regular
Makefile target-dependents lines without associated build action.
Note: shape depend only works for development of C programs. It additionally requires a C
compiler supporting the -M (generate Makefile dependencies) option. If this is not the case in
your development project, you must either rewrite the action associated with the depend target
(in $(SHAPELIBPATH)/stdtargets) or maintain the Dependencies files manually.
The VERSIONS macro defines the version selection rule to be used. Default is most_recent. See
shape_stdrul(7) or the $(SHAPELIBPATH)/stdrules file for other possible settings. You may also use self
defined version selection rules as VERSIONS rule.
If your development environment contains variant definitions, in especially variant definitions that
modify the list of source components to be used during a build operation, you may also need to specify
one or more variants to be set. The project wide variant raster is defined in $(SHAPELIBPATH)/stdvar.
Check this file and the default variant settings in your Shapefile before invoking shape depend.