> Grumpf... would it be possible to split the "demo" rules in a seperate
> file, e.g. usr/src/Makefile.demorules ?
>
> The advatages would be:
> - The additional rules would not bloat the rule/variable lists in all
> Makefiles, only the subprojects which actually have demo files would use
> these extra rules
> - We wouldn't need any dummy values for subprojects which do not use the
> demo rules (again less spam and less "AEM"s (="anti engineer mines")
> floating around in the Makefiles)
> - The risk of this change would be limited to the consumers and not
> generate any tree-wide side-effects (originally I hoped the putback
> would be almost "risk free" but that goal already drowned a while ago...
> ;-( )
I'm not too worried about any of the above since (a) there are already
tons of rules in lib/Makefile.{lib,targ}, (b) we have a convention for
dummy values already (see previous email) and (c) given (b), I don't see
the additional risk.
--
meem
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