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Re: [Mingw-msys] RE: Differences between mingw-make and msys' make
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Paul D. Smith |
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Re: [Mingw-msys] RE: Differences between mingw-make and msys' make |
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Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:55:13 -0400 |
%% Soren A <address@hidden> writes:
>> Correct, although in most other versions of make VPATH is not that
>> useful. Consider: VPATH only modified automatic variables. But in most
>> makes (as you pointed out earlier) most of the automatic variables, like
>> $< etc., are not defined in explicit rules.
>>
>> So.... you can't use VPATH in conjunction with explicit rules! How
>> bogus is that?
sa> WAY bogus! ;-). I cannot believe that. Is that some lame attempt
sa> to make their 'make' look like it's comparable to GNU's, or what?
sa> And I thought only M$ was prone to that sort of
sa> fake-feature-fluff. SillyByGosh.
Actually, VPATH was first invented in SysV make. They just didn't do a
very good job of it (IMO anyway). I guess it's still useful if all you
use is suffix rules--but that's pretty limited definition of useful.
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Re: [Mingw-msys] RE: Differences between mingw-make and msys' make, Soren A, 2002/09/25