From owner-cvs-sys Thu Apr 30 00:24:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA24335 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:24:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-sys) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA24328; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:24:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA00263; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:26:08 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:26:08 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Bruce Evans cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freebsd.org, imp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 src/sys/pc98/conf Makefile.pc98 In-Reply-To: <199804300259.MAA26396@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-sys@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Bruce Evans wrote: > >imp 1998/04/29 11:21:36 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 > > sys/pc98/conf Makefile.pc98 > > Log: > > Use ${.TARGET} rather than $@. i386 tested, pc98 untested because config > > on my box doesn't grok machine type pc98. > > PR: 3272 > > I think $@ was used on purpose to make bootstrapping easier. > However, other FreeBSD changes (mainly use of .if) have already > broken compatibility with gnu make. And besides, pmake is dead easy to port to a new platform. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039