Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Build System links/ recommendations

[Jan Hudec]

On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 17:45:42 +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 06:28:44PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > The node in info for make is called "Prerequisite Types":
> > > Top -> Rules -> Prerequisite Types
> > 
> > Hmm... I don't have it.
> > I'm using GNU make 3.79, I'm guessing it's not the latest (came with
> > redhat-9.3 I believe).
> > 
> > So your solution relies not just on GNU extensions, but on recent
> > GNU extensions.  Hmmm....
> 
> If you consider 2002 to be "recent". Supporting development
> workstations older than that is a waste of time, and build systems
> don't need this at all.

So you suggest having two different build systems, one for development
and one for instalation?

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