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Re: GNU Make Extensions


From: NightStrike
Subject: Re: GNU Make Extensions
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:48:33 -0500

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Bob Friesenhahn
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, NightStrike wrote:
>>
>> I thought this only occurred when "maintainer mode" was turned on, and
>> that releases should be made with that turned off.  Is that not how it
>> works?
>
> Maintainer mode is optional.  Regardless, when using wildcards the
> maintainer (i.e. you) will become frustrated with the additional delay added
> to 'make'.  It would be similar (or identical) to autotools regenerating the
> project every type you execute 'make'.

Not if automake flattens it when running automake.  The idea was that
automake would translate the wildcard into the full file list.




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