Hi Kelly: > 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. :^(
That's painful. > 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 ??? If we can find a Windows/Cygwin GNU make v3.81 or better that works, I'd vote for updating the requirement to 3.81 for all. I am currently using Cygwin GNU make v3.80 on Windows due to the later Cygwin builds not supporting MS-DOS drive letters or paths: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/raw-file/tip/README-builds.html#gmake Tim
