Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:23:53 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two make questions Message-ID: <20020927172353.GO30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020923130006.N332-100000@april.chuckr.org> References: <20020923143523.GA30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20020923130006.N332-100000@april.chuckr.org>
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# chuckr@chuckr.org / 2002-09-23 13:08:04 -0400:
> The odd behavior of variables is only one item from a whole list of them.
> Go take a look at what use: means, if you want a headache.
you mean .USE? looks quite powerful... a can of worms if misused. :)
> Or, how about the behavior of "include", which *does* work, even
> though the man page says that only ".include" will work ("include" is
> compatible with both BSD make and GNU make, an important point.)
yup. or the fact that /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/paper.ascii.gz
documents conditionals in the form #keyword instead of .keyword
(that might work, i haven't tried, but shouldn't the tutorial be
updated? even if the # forms work they surely look deprecated from
the fact that i haven't seen a single use in the system makefiles)
hm, i don't think i made myself clear with the previous para. how
about this: is the pmake tutorial mentioned above carved in stone or
are updates allowed? if it's immutable, is derivative work
permitted? i'm thinking about basically rewriting the tutorial in
docbook (i have /usr/ports/docproj installed), fixing at least the
issues *i* have with the material.
what do you think?
> When you don't have any problem with a file like bsd.port.mk, then you'll
> be able to claim to know make.
BTW, this reminds me: I think there is a bug in
/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk. I'll send a separate message.
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