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Re: [Newbie] Getting involved
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: [Newbie] Getting involved |
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Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:51:32 +0200 |
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On Sep 19 2018, <address@hidden> wrote:
> Måns Ansgariusson writes:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I have an idea of some features I'd like to see in make. I'm no expert at
> all
> > regarding make so I hope I don't reinvent the wheel or come with to stupid
> > ideas.
> > I'd be happy to implement it but I'm not sure if these are desirable
> > features or where to start.
> >
> > Proposed features:
> > 1. Saving build information
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> <snip>
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> Make is stateless by design.
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> It is possible to do what you want with Gnu Make, already, though.
> See 'Rebuilding when CPPFLAGS changes' in "Gnu Make Unleashed".
See also how the Linux kernel makefiles do that.
Andreas.
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