Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 19:05:27 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <20020608190527.B40584@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020601044603.GD91922@dan.emsphone.com>; from dnelson@allantgroup.com on Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:46:03PM -0500 References: <20020601015343.GA1132@lizzy.catnook.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0205311855390.29361-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <20020601025457.GA1457@lizzy.catnook.com> <20020601044603.GD91922@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:46:03PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > Automake avoids the issue entirely by simply listing the dependencies > itself, so > > > envuidgid: envuidgid.o > > $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ > > becomes > > > $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ envuidgid.o This is not always possible. If you have a VPATH, then you need make(1) to expand $^ to the full path it used to find the dependancy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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