Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:07:24 -0700 From: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <20020531170746.GA93242@lizzy.catnook.com> In-Reply-To: <3CF73679.A5AB7886@mindspring.com> References: <20020531024250.GA90997@lizzy.catnook.com> <3CF73679.A5AB7886@mindspring.com>
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On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 01:38:17AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> The biggest problem with GNU make that I've seen is re-expansion
> of variable variables.
>
> The suggested fix doesn't address that, so it won't fix the most
> common "compatability problem".
So what? It fixes (in a backward-compatible way because ``$^'' isn't used in
BSD make) one incompatibility without which I have to have two different
Makefiles in the simple case I am thinking about. It's at least an incremental
improvement that doesn't break anything afaIcs.
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