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From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth)
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Subject: Re: NetBSD ==> FreeBSD make(1)
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> > I've seriously modifed make(1) to "automagically" handle RCS
> >repositories, version selection rules, etc... (essentially the
> >basis of a rather nice Configuration Management system.)
> >
> > So, I'd be interested in whatever changes you made...
> 
> And I am interested in what you felt you needed to change in "make" (as
> oppesed to the makefiles) to support RCS, etc.

You have *got* to be kidding, right?  It's *impossible* to build rules
which 'always' work in Make to do these sorts of things w/out
modifications to make.  Greater folks than you have tried and failed.
But, feel free to prove me wrong.


Nate