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Date:      Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:47:59 +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:  <200804271547.59299.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
In-Reply-To: <200804271543.09429.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
References:  <481416AC.9010600@laposte.net> <200804271543.09429.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>

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On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:43 pm, Malcolm Kay wrote:
> 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.
>=20
> 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 direc=
tory
> when specificly requested for example with VPATH.
>=20
> Regards,
> Malcolm=20
>=20
I spoke too quickly, please cancel or ignore these remarks.

Sorry,
Malcolm

> >=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
>=20



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