The comment said:
# XXX this isn't used anywhere, and worse, it has the same name as a method
# in Command with subtly different semantics. (This one just has one
# source -> one dest; that one has many sources -> one dest.) Nuke it?
Yes. Nuke it.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dep_util.py b/Lib/distutils/dep_util.py
index 9edba4c..bbb6d23 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dep_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dep_util.py
@@ -93,23 +93,3 @@
return 0
# newer_group ()
-
-
-# XXX this isn't used anywhere, and worse, it has the same name as a method
-# in Command with subtly different semantics. (This one just has one
-# source -> one dest; that one has many sources -> one dest.) Nuke it?
-def make_file (src, dst, func, args,
- verbose=0, update_message=None, noupdate_message=None):
- """Makes 'dst' from 'src' (both filenames) by calling 'func' with
- 'args', but only if it needs to: i.e. if 'dst' does not exist or 'src'
- is newer than 'dst'.
- """
- if newer(src, dst):
- if verbose and update_message:
- print update_message
- apply(func, args)
- else:
- if verbose and noupdate_message:
- print noupdate_message
-
-# make_file ()