Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:28:30 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <20020601052830.GE91922@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20020601050549.GB3081@lizzy.catnook.com> References: <20020601015343.GA1132@lizzy.catnook.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0205311855390.29361-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <20020601025457.GA1457@lizzy.catnook.com> <20020601044603.GD91922@dan.emsphone.com> <20020601050549.GB3081@lizzy.catnook.com>
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In the last episode (May 31), Jos Backus said: > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:46:03PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > > Automake avoids the issue entirely by simply listing the dependencies > > itself, so > > > > > envuidgid: envuidgid.o > > > $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ > > > > becomes > > > > > $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ envuidgid.o > > Ugly but portable, I guess. It would be better to be able to use pattern rules > instead; less duplication. It ends up creating a make variable for each target containing the object files (envuidguid_OBJECTS=envuidgid.o for example) and uses that on the dependency and link lines, so it's not too bad. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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