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 Built sources
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    Occasionally a file which would otherwise be called `source' (e.g. a
 C `.h' file) is actually derived from some other file.  Such files
 should be listed in the `BUILT_SOURCES' variable.
 
    `BUILT_SOURCES' is actually a bit of a misnomer, as any file which
 must be created early in the build process can be listed in this
 variable.
 
    A source file listed in `BUILT_SOURCES' is created before the other
 `all' targets are made.  However, such a source file is not compiled
 unless explicitly requested by mentioning it in some other `_SOURCES'
 variable.
 
    So, for instance, if you had header files which were created by a
 script run at build time, then you would list these headers in
 `BUILT_SOURCES', to ensure that they would be built before any other
 compilations (perhaps ones using these headers) were started.
 

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