Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:42:41 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make(1): adding sort modifiers Message-ID: <20030917184241.GA18166@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20030917180421.GH39788@funkthat.com> References: <20030917065127.GB4261@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030917073900.GG39788@funkthat.com> <20030917080127.GB16024@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030917180421.GH39788@funkthat.com>
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On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 11:04:21AM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Marcel Moolenaar wrote this message on Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 01:01 -0700: > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 12:39:00AM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > > Marcel Moolenaar wrote this message on Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 23:51 -0700: > > > > sorted subdirectory recursion, even though it's impossible or > > > > hard to do it in the makesfiles themselves. Is this too evil? > > > > > > I always thought that sorted SUBDIR lines in the Makefile was for > > > aiding the developer in seeing what is available, and where to put > > > the new module. > > > > Yes. What's your point? > > The comment of impossible or hard made me think you were advocating > dropping the requirement of sorted SUBDIR's since make now does that. > > But assuming from your response, that was not the case. Correct. We should keep lists sorted. It's when we need to combine multiple lists that we need a hand. Having multiple platforms and a busload of NO_way options is making it hard to get the final list sorted. If make(1) can give us a hand with that, then we can also keep an eye on maintainability and readability of our makefiles. I just wanted to know if that was a bad idea or not... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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