From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 12 05:41:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA15740 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 05:41:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgate.cadence.com (mailgate.Cadence.COM [158.140.2.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA15735 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 05:41:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk) Received: (from smap@localhost) by mailgate.cadence.com (8.8.5/8.6.8) id FAA01473; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 05:40:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810121240.FAA01473@mailgate.cadence.com> Received: from symnt3.cadence.com(194.32.101.100) by mailgate.cadence.com via smap (mjr-v1.2) id xma908196046.001441; Mon, 12 Oct 98 05:40:46 -0700 Received: from pc287-cam.cadence.com (d194032096136.Cadence.COM [194.32.96.136]) by symnt3.Cadence.COM with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id Q4J1CCBM; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:41:06 +0100 Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Duncan Barclay" To: Richard Wackerbarth Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:40:23 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Never ending 'make clean' in kde port? Reply-to: dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk CC: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: References: <199810112120.OAA14918@bubble.didi.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.53/R1) Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Richard > > This is a clear case of the evils of "recursive make". > http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html Warning: this paper will chnage your make files forever. I put together a build system based on this which also puts together a package and a port. It makes like so much easier. Duncan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message