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From: Zero Sum <count@shalimar.net.au>
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:11:11 +1100
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On Tuesday 07 November 2000 07:54, you wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:30:28PM +1100, Zero Sum wrote:
> > Maybe I am too old, but the thought of "Make" with mutating targets
> > like that gives me the shudders.
>
> It doesn't.
>
> > The thought of "make <label>" doing two different things, different
> > purposes depending on the iteration number is aestheticly disgusting.
>
> It doesn't really.  ``make cleandir'' cleans everything known to be
> generated in the "obj" directory.  This includes .depend, tag files,
> .o's, .a's, etc...  When you have a /usr/obj/ tree, your "obj" tree is in
> there.  If you have a ./obj/ then that is your "obj" tree.
> ``make cleandir'' removes the "obj" tree when it is /usr/obj/.  If there
> is no /usr/obj/ or ./obj/, then `.' is your "obj" directory.
>
> So the only thing that is possibly different between runs of
> ``make cleandir'' is the definition of ${OBJDIR}.

In other words, the "target" changes.  Yeah.  RIght.
Just how long has that sort of bastardisation been going on?

Has it become common?

Maybe I am just too old....

Geoff
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