%% "Leeuwesteijn,Joost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: l> I must say I really liked its features and its clear syntax. I was l> wondering why some (1997 old) features never ended up in gnu make l> (e.g. '.INCLUDE .NOINFER' to prevent remaking of makefiles, l> assignment operators like +:=, specify .PHONY in the actual rule l> itself, I believe VPATH was called .SOURCE, path separator l> handling, .EXIT target, etc.).
l> Has anybody ever looked at dmake and the possibility to merge some l> features or even the two projects? I guess it has to do with l> backward compatibility, and personal taste, and time :-) Yes. :-) As far as I know, no one has looked at it. GNU make is intended to be a faithful implementation of the POSIX make standard, plus a lot of extended features. So, new features are fine BUT we cannot accept any features which would cause POSIX-compliant makefiles to fail to execute properly. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
