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Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) 
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>>>>> "Jos" == Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> writes:

    >> Writing portable makefiles is already enough of a pain in the
    >> ass.
    Jos> Writing Makefiles is a pain, period.

Writing makefiles is easy. Writing *portable* makefiles is a pain.
There *is* a difference.

--lyndon

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