Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:56:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: commit MAKE_SHELL? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004232353170.331-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004232235210.47316-100000@green.dyndns.org>
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On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > in general, it's a good idea, but the problem, is, it gives a lot more > > freedom without any real gain. It only allows one to write Makefiles that > > use your private choice of shell, and you can do anything you want, I > > think, as it is now. [some deletions] > The door's already open. Go to src/usr.bin/make. I didn't say what you asked for was hard, I was against making the addition of lots of extra complications in Makefiles too easy. To tell you the truth, I would find your idea really neat as a programmer, UNTIL I had to maintain some of the inevitable garbage that it generated among some of the less disciplined minds. That said, I'm not dead set against it, I was just giving my take. I think, overall, it's going to hugely complicate makefile maintenance, but if you get approval, go for it! > There's GNU make for that, anyway. Guess why I don't like Gmake? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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