From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jun 1 1:24: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from w250.z064001178.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net (adsl-66.218.45.239.dslextreme.com [66.218.45.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2136437B401 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2002 01:23:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 10652 invoked by uid 1000); 1 Jun 2002 08:24:19 -0000 Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 01:23:57 -0701 From: Jos Backus To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <20020601082419.GA10523@lizzy.catnook.com> Reply-To: jos@catnook.com Mail-Followup-To: Terry Lambert , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020531024250.GA90997@lizzy.catnook.com> <3CF73679.A5AB7886@mindspring.com> <20020531170746.GA93242@lizzy.catnook.com> <3CF7EDC5.CF27B997@mindspring.com> <20020601015343.GA1132@lizzy.catnook.com> <3CF8825A.E05C65AC@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3CF8825A.E05C65AC@mindspring.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 01:14:18AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Jos Backus wrote: > > Fyi: it appears nobody is really interested in having BSD make and GNU make > > converge a little, so I am not going waste any more time on this. > > I'm really against GNU-ifying BSD make. I hope you don't see any problems with generally improving compatibility between the two? > Unless you're getting a lot of off-list hate-mail for the idea, though, my > count is 2/2(including you)/1 abstain. > > Two days in the week following Memorial Day weekend (where you get Monday > off, so you can have 9 days in a row for 4 days of vacation time) is hardly > enough time to build a roaring consensus, one way or the other... > > Are you sure you aren't just being a little bit impatient here? Perhaps a bit, yes, you're right. Let's see what other responses come in. Maybe Paul Smith will accept my patch to GNU make, that would work as well. -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ Santa Clara, CA _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ jos@catnook.com _/_/ _/_/_/ use Std::Disclaimer; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message