Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:23:41 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), Jason Brazile <jason@netcetera.ch>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make bug? (dependency names with '$') Message-ID: <14994.57437.646438.335790@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <xzp1ystgm3q.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <200102201154.MAA00515@disco.netcetera.ch> <xzpae7hgt4b.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <14994.50826.777697.32696@nomad.yogotech.com> <xzp1ystgm3q.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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> > Disagree. If you want it to be portable, don't use a non-standard > > extension to a tool, such as jikes dependency features. > > > > We used jikes for our day-day development, but move back to using > > 'javac' for our Q/A and final builds. That way we can complain to Sun > > when things don't work. ;) > > So what's the problem? javac also automatically builds dependencies, > it's just not as good at it as jikes. Not in a way that's usable my make. Jike can be used to build external dependency files. > Also, my experience is that unless you're paying Sun significant > amounts of $$, their reaction to bug reports is to close their eyes, > hum real loud and hope they go away. True, but Sun is no different than anyone else in that regard. I have found the individual developers somewhat more easy to work with, if you can get a contact within Sun. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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