Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:43:09 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: =?iso-8859-1?q?Micha=EBl_Gr=FCnewald?= <michael.grunewald@laposte.net> Subject: Re: Distributing makefiles Message-ID: <200804271543.09429.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <481416AC.9010600@laposte.net> References: <481416AC.9010600@laposte.net>
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:31 pm, Micha=EBl Gr=FCnewald wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I am planning to distribute some of the makefiles I wrote on various > platforms, including FreeBSD. I need the help of some insightful soul to > take a few decisions: >=20 > --- Where to install? I think /usr/local/share/mk is fine; > --- How to install? Users should put a > `.MAKEFLAGS: -I/usr/local/share/mk' > statement in their /etc/make.conf, are ports scripts allowed to do this > automagically? If yes what's the best way to do this? (an ed script?) > --- Being system or not? BSD Make has two search pathes, the system one > (whith <> style inclusion) and the other one (with "" style incusion). I > think I shall consider my files non system, preserving the <> pathes for > BSD. But ther may be some pros and cons I am not aware. I think you are confusing make with the C language with respect to search=20 paths. I believe make only uses search paths other than the current directo= ry when specificly requested for example with VPATH. Regards, Malcolm=20 >=20 > Note: I did submit this questions on `ports' about ten days ago, but I=20 > did not receive any answer for this. People subscribed to `ports' will=20 > see this message for the second time, I apologize for the annoyance. >=20 > Any comments welcome, > -- > cheers, > Micha=EBl >=20
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