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Re: require GNU make to build emacs?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: require GNU make to build emacs? |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:29:15 +0200 |
> From: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:22:41 -0800
>
> Yes, IMO there's a good reason. Being able to use conditionals,
> includes, and other advanced features should allow us to avoid using the
> C preprocessor to create Makefiles
The way to avoid using cpp is to autoconfiscate our configury, so that
the configure script produces src/Makefile from src/Makefile.in. (Not
that I think this is such an urgent task, given that the current setup
works so well and that the rate of new OSes and/or changes in the
existing OSes is so low lately.)
> and to make the bootstrap a bit more reliable (we have way too many
> parallel make failures and other flakiness).
Failures with parallel builds are probably due to little use, not
non-GNU Make. Most, if not all, of those I remember were fixed easily
by adding missing dependencies. But if you have specific examples for
these problems, by all means post them.
> > > Having a modern make should help simplify the makefiles and maybe the
> > > whole build process.
> >
> > Is that the only reason, or are there real problems with non-GNU Make
> > in our build process?
>
> The fact that we only use the most basic make features is a problem.
Again, specific problems, beyond those solved by autoconf, would be
appreciated.
Re: require GNU make to build emacs?, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/25