Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:39:25 -0700 From: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> Cc: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <20020603053947.GJ11452@lizzy.catnook.com> In-Reply-To: <200206030528.g535Snm1029630@orthanc.ab.ca> References: <20020603024004.GC11452@lizzy.catnook.com> <200206030528.g535Snm1029630@orthanc.ab.ca>
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On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 11:28:49PM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> >>>>> "Jos" == Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> writes:
>
> Jos> My proposal for adding $^ as an alias for $> does not add any
> Jos> incompatibilities, neither with POSIX nor with any existing BSD
> Jos> make.
>
> Yes, and no. Adding new features doesn't break existing code, but it
> encourages new code to use the new features in a non-compatible way. The
> import of tcsh on top of csh is a classic of this. What we have
> works. It's not cool and/or sexy. But it works. If you *need* the
> features of GNUmake, use GNUmake.
Sigh. BSD make and GNU make already _share_ this same feature, it's just that
they _name_ it differently: $> v.s. $^. If POSIX would only adopt one (or
both) we could follow their lead and be done with it. But that's not going to
happen any time soon.
> --lyndon
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