Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 19:07:29 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <20020608190729.C40584@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020531024250.GA90997@lizzy.catnook.com>; from jos@catnook.com on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 07:42:28PM -0700 References: <20020531024250.GA90997@lizzy.catnook.com>
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On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 07:42:28PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: > The GNU make info file says: > > `$^' > The names of all the prerequisites, with spaces between them. For > prerequisites which are archive members, only the member named is > used (*note Archives::). A target has only one prerequisite on > each other file it depends on, no matter how many times each file > is listed as a prerequisite. So if you list a prerequisite more > than once for a target, the value of `$^' contains just one copy > of the name. I tried to add support for this a while back, but never got it working right. Nor did Will who worked on our make file a while. I'll have to see if your patch does everything $^ should do. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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