Kelly O'Hair wrote:
So I'm trying to work out some jdk7 Makefile performance improvements and everything is working out fine on Linux and OpenSolaris... Then I discover that the GNU make features I'm using are seriously broken in GNU make 3.80 and I need 3.81 to get around it. :^( Also it turns out that GNU make 3.78.1 and 3.79 are definitely out of the question because they don't even implement some the make functions I need. I suspect many people still use GNU make 3.78.1 or 3.79. So do I continue on, and assume a new requirement to upgrade to GNU make 3.81 because of these changes (on all platforms), or do I go back to the drawing board and try and make the changes work with 3.80, or even 3.78.1 ??? -kto
For as long as I remember, we've used make 3.78.*. I assume the most problematic platform to upgrade is windows. However, if there are significant benefits build time benefits, I think upgrading the make version is justified.
-Joe
