Re: Request for critique on a small makefile

[Edward Z. Yang]

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Philip Guenther wrote:
> Good eye.  It's preferable, but not necessary. [snip] But yes, it's good
> practice.

I guess I'll do it then. It's only an extra line.

> Correct.  Regarding $<, we turn to the info pages again:

Is there a specific reason, then, that you use $< rather than $^?
Suppose you added another object file to the compilation step but forgot
to change the variable: it seems that using $^ wouldn't do any harm.

> Ah.  Hmm.  My *guess* is that g++ will only add the .exe suffix if
> there isn't already such a suffix present.  If so, then following the
> three points I listed should work.

This seems to be the case. I'm currently working around it by cleaning
up *.exe files with make clean. On Unix, ${programs} does the dirty
work. I think this is a satisfactory solution (and not a hack).

> There's a standard configure option for adding a prefix to the
> executable name when installed.  I use that because I use OpenBSD and
> need access to the 'make' included with the system for when I'm
> compiling the system itself or building stuff using its 'ports'
> system.

Hmm... I'll keep that in mind when I (eventually) get a *nix box working
(main problem is wireless support, but that's OT).

Thanks for all the help!

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