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Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU m
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Reuben Thomas |
Subject: |
Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make? |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:59:12 +0000 |
On 22 November 2011 15:50, Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> It would be useful to enumerate the user-visible benefits if Automake can
> depend on using GNU make. Otherwise it is difficult to do a cost/benefit
> analysis from the user perspective. Can you and others please brainstorm a
> list of benefits (e.g. eliminate external 'compile' and 'depcomp' scripts
> with the benefit of better ...)?
Having to avoid GNU make features is a real pain for developers: I
miss various string-handling functions and modern suffix rules. Having
to compile Makefile.am into a portable Makefile makes debugging
problems harder (with two extra places to look: Makefile.in and
Makefile). It also complicates automake, as it ends up reimplementing
features of GNU Make.
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- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, (continued)
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Stefano Lattarini, 2011/11/23
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Paul Smith, 2011/11/23
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Stefano Lattarini, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Ralf Corsepius, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Warren Young, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?,
Reuben Thomas <=
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Warren Young, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Nick Bowler, 2011/11/23
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Dave Hart, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Stefano Lattarini, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Paolo Bonzini, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Stefano Lattarini, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Harlan Stenn, 2011/11/22
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Dave Hart, 2011/11/23
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2011/11/23
- Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make?, Richard Stallman, 2011/11/24