Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:57:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> Cc: Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>, Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: makefile howto Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971017165600.9094c-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971017171148.5104C-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Marty Leisner wrote: > > > While not specifically dealing with BSD make, the GNU make manual > > is an excellent place...and gnu make is an excellent tool. > > /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/* is probably better. GNU make and > BSD make are really two very different animals. > > Actually, I'm not sure I really like the direction that GNU is > trying to take build configuration. I would much rather see them > try and encourage a make using something similar to our > /usr/share/mk/* than try to circumvent the whole idea with huge > cumbering monstrocities named auto*. To be fair, I'll use > autoconfig, and it's better than nothing (intended as a > compliment, not an insult), my religious differences or no. Agreed. Also, I find some of the comments that the gnu folks salt in with their tools offensive, like the one in the libtool thing that says that freebsd ld.so is broken. Did you ever try to troubleshoot a complicated install that their auto-* tools are involved with? It's really difficult. > > > -- > Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! > tIM...HOEk > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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