Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 22:32:49 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Standardized make options (or no doesn't always mean no) Message-ID: <3D02E881.2F3F57CB@mindspring.com> References: <20020608210159.B87326@espresso.q9media.com> <3D02AB11.F373AB4@FreeBSD.org> <3D02ACE0.9DAB0822@mindspring.com> <3D02B069.5863B2B9@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: > > How about "FOO=false" and "FOO=true" and "NO_FOO: undefined variable"? > > Hysterical raisins. BLAH=anythingatall has always meant, "BLAH is true," > (or more properly, BLAH is defined) regardless of the value. Your way > would make more sense, but that's a battle I'm not willing to fight. Since everyone appears to be in the mood to hack "Make" these days, it might be worthwhile to add a "-U<name>" option, jut like "cc" has? -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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