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Re: Patch: (comments please) EXEEXT fix
From: |
Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
Subject: |
Re: Patch: (comments please) EXEEXT fix |
Date: |
24 Jul 2001 18:15:13 +0200 |
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>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
Tom> I'm interested in comments on the EXEEXT stuff. Does this satisfy all
Tom> the constraints? I think it does (besides aesthetic appeal, that is).
I'm unhappy with this :( There are projects, like the one which
triggered this report (a PalmOS application), written
specifically for *one* platform where .exe has no meaning.
Automake is here used because it helps to simplify the
Makefiles, however requiring to append $(EXEEXT) would just
obfuscate them. Given that Automake is meant to ease the
maintainance of Makefiles, I would rather vote for *not*
obsoleting the overriding of `foo:' by `foo$(EXEEXT):'.
The warning is another problem. I understand that people using
`foo:' will usually want to upgrade to `foo$(EXEEXT):'. In my
case I wish there was a way to disable it. Maybe this can be
kept for later, as part of some -Wmumble option like Lars
suggested.
[...]
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz