>> Your email also doesn't explain why you cannot generate a "normal" >> mk file. > > I'm afraid I don't understand the question. What do you mean by > "generating a normal mk file"? > A) Do you mean why am I using a generator that writes the `mk` > script instead of writing the `mk` script myself by hand? The answer > to this is complexity: writing `mk` is Ok when you have a simple > application to build, but as the application grows larger so does the > make script. (And using meta rules is not always possible.) > B) Why isn't the output script a "normal" `mk` script? Actually is > a very simple script (no meta-rules, no shell expansion, etc.). It's > just big. :) > >
a normal mkfile does have meta-rules and if you have so many targets wouldn't it make sense to have more mkfiles? -- Federico G. Benavento
