Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 23:28:49 -0600 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> To: jos@catnook.com Cc: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <200206030528.g535Snm1029630@orthanc.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Jun 2002 19:39:42 -0701." <20020603024004.GC11452@lizzy.catnook.com>
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>>>>> "Jos" == Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> writes:
Jos> My proposal for adding $^ as an alias for $> does not add any
Jos> incompatibilities, neither with POSIX nor with any existing BSD
Jos> make.
Yes, and no. Adding new features doesn't break existing code, but it
encourages new code to use the new features in a non-compatible way. The
import of tcsh on top of csh is a classic of this. What we have
works. It's not cool and/or sexy. But it works. If you *need* the
features of GNUmake, use GNUmake.
--lyndon
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