On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:43 pm, Malcolm Kay wrote: > On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:31 pm, Michaël Grünewald wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am planning to distribute some of the makefiles I wrote on various > > platforms, including FreeBSD. I need the help of some insightful soul to > > take a few decisions: > > > > --- Where to install? I think /usr/local/share/mk is fine; > > --- How to install? Users should put a > > `.MAKEFLAGS: -I/usr/local/share/mk' > > statement in their /etc/make.conf, are ports scripts allowed to do this > > automagically? If yes what's the best way to do this? (an ed script?) > > --- Being system or not? BSD Make has two search pathes, the system one > > (whith <> style inclusion) and the other one (with "" style incusion). I > > think I shall consider my files non system, preserving the <> pathes for > > BSD. But ther may be some pros and cons I am not aware. > > I think you are confusing make with the C language with respect to search > paths. I believe make only uses search paths other than the current directory > when specificly requested for example with VPATH. > > Regards, > Malcolm > I spoke too quickly, please cancel or ignore these remarks.
Sorry, Malcolm > > > > Note: I did submit this questions on `ports' about ten days ago, but I > > did not receive any answer for this. People subscribed to `ports' will > > see this message for the second time, I apologize for the annoyance. > > > > Any comments welcome, > > -- > > cheers, > > Michaël > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
