> are you trying to
 > 1) use nmake :PACKAGE: or
 > 2) replicate what nmake :PACKAGE: does without using nmake or
 > 3) fix a problem with nmake :PACKAGE: or
 > ?

2 and ?

I would like to replicate what nmake :PACKAGE: does without using
nmake, since I am trying to cut down on build-system dependencies.
This decision is partly at the behest of my colleague and partly
because I continue to have difficulties getting bin/package to work
the way I expect, which leads me to wonder whether I can distribute
something based on AST that others will be able to build on systems
different from mine.

The ? is that I have gotten quite interested in understanding the
details of how nmake works.  I am hoping to persuade the Glasgow
Haskell Compiler project either to switch to nmake or to incorporate
some of nmake's good ideas into their own build system.  Growing a
formal model of nmake seems like a good next step, and :PACKAGE: is a
not entirely random place to pull.


Norman
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