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Date:      Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:26:08 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG, imp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 src/sys/pc98/conf Makefile.pc98
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980430082545.344J-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199804300259.MAA26396@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Bruce Evans wrote:

> >imp         1998/04/29 11:21:36 PDT
> >
> >  Modified files:
> >    sys/i386/conf        Makefile.i386 
> >    sys/pc98/conf        Makefile.pc98 
> >  Log:
> >  Use ${.TARGET} rather than $@.  i386 tested, pc98 untested because config
> >  on my box doesn't grok machine type pc98.
> >  PR:		3272
> 
> I think $@ was used on purpose to make bootstrapping easier.
> However, other FreeBSD changes (mainly use of .if) have already
> broken compatibility with gnu make.

And besides, pmake is dead easy to port to a new platform.

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