From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 2 21:57: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from w250.z064001178.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net (adsl-66.218.45.239.dslextreme.com [66.218.45.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E523D37B403 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:56:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 52780 invoked by uid 1000); 3 Jun 2002 04:57:20 -0000 Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:56:58 -0701 From: Jos Backus To: Lyndon Nerenberg Cc: Sergey Babkin , Terry Lambert , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <20020603045720.GG11452@lizzy.catnook.com> Reply-To: jos@catnook.com Mail-Followup-To: Lyndon Nerenberg , Sergey Babkin , Terry Lambert , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020603024004.GC11452@lizzy.catnook.com> <200206030439.g534d2m1029139@orthanc.ab.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200206030439.g534d2m1029139@orthanc.ab.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 10:39:02PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > >>>>> "Jos" == Jos Backus 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. I agree with the portable part. For small projects, Makefiles are fine imo. -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ Santa Clara, CA _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ jos@catnook.com _/_/ _/_/_/ use Std::Disclaimer; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message