Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:04:41 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make(1): adding sort modifiers Message-ID: <xzpd6dytw52.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20030917184241.GA18166@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> (Marcel Moolenaar's message of "Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:42:41 -0700") References: <20030917065127.GB4261@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030917073900.GG39788@funkthat.com> <20030917080127.GB16024@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030917180421.GH39788@funkthat.com> <20030917184241.GA18166@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> writes: > Correct. We should keep lists sorted. It's when we need to combine > multiple lists that we need a hand. Having multiple platforms and > a busload of NO_way options is making it hard to get the final list > sorted. If make(1) can give us a hand with that, then we can also > keep an eye on maintainability and readability of our makefiles. Yep, the module build is my favorite bogeyman in this respect. I can never tell how far along it is because I can never remember which module is in which sequence (I believe there are three separate sequences on i386, each of wich is sorted). DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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