Re: [Lynx-dev] Re: non-pkgsrc emacs or clone

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, 25 May 2005, Martin Husemann wrote:

> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 09:14:02PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> >  I suspect that the reason for the breakage is more mundane,
> > e.g., a problem in NetBSD's handling of the variable $o in the suffixes
> > line, making it go off on a tangent someplace.
>
> Well, neither replacing $o with .o nor removing it fixes the problem.
> Adding .h does.
>
> What is the problem with putting .h into that line? It should not hurt

none.

But overriding any argument that you're making,
what is the problem with making "make" compatible with other platforms?

(I don't expect an answer, of course).

> anywhere. It's not like anyone accused you to have done something stupid -
> it's just that someone claimed "make" on NetBSD 2.0.2 would be fundamentally
> broken, which just is not true.
>
> Please fix this portability problem and lets forget about this thread, ok?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin

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