Original bug ID: 1217
Reporter: administrator
Status: closed (set by @xavierleroy on 2013-08-31T10:46:07Z)
Resolution: won't fix
Priority: normal
Severity: feature
Category: ~DO NOT USE (was: OCaml general)

Bug description

The manual for ocamldep states

-I directory Add the given directory to the list of directories searched for
source files. If a source file foo.ml mentions an external compilation unit
Bar, a dependency on that unit's interface bar.cmi is generated only if the
source for bar is found in the current directory or in one of the
directories specified with -I. Otherwise, Bar is assumed to be a module form
the standard library, and no dependencies are generated. For programs that
span multiple directories, it is recommended to pass ocamldep the same -I
options that are passed to the compiler.

This is unsafe. In other words I had a bug in my Makefile and the -I
flags were not being passed to ocamldep. It took a while to notice
that bug. As a possible solution, I suggest that ocamldep check that
the module really does reside in the stdlib. There are other
solutions that you may prefer but I think we should err on the side of
safety.

Also, the word "form" should be changed to "from". (I often make this
mistake too.)