On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 08:48:22PM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote:
> 
> [I wrote]
> > I don't see why we use $* at all -- of the 150 or so instances, it
> > looks like they *all* could be replaced with $< or $@.  The GNU make
> > info page actually deprecates $* except for use with implicit rules.
> 
> Oh and hey, look at that.  Three of the usages are even buggy.
> 
> # see arch/ppc/boot/common/Makefile

It's unused here I think since nothing directly curses into
a/p/b/common, it's always depened on by stuff in other directories.

> # see arch/ppc/boot/mbx/Makefile

That's all gone.

.. at least in the current PPC stuffs.

-- 
Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/

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