On Thu 05 May 2005 at 07:53:04 +0200, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: > rhialto> I think many of the assignments in the Imakefile should use > rhialto> ?= instead of =, so that they can usefully be set from the > rhialto> Imakefile.local. > > I've a problem with that. As far as I know, that's highly dependent > on GNU make. Unless we can clearly say that such an assignment > operator is supported by all makes out there, I'm not sure I want to > go for it.
It is also supported by Berkeley Make. Otherwise I would never have proposed it, since I don't use GNU Make if I can avoid it at all. The ?= construct is used a lot in NetBSD system makefiles. But your alternative idea is of course even more portable. That should work even on V7-style Makes. -Olaf. -- ___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert -- rhialto/at/falu.nl \X/ Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me to your .signature to help me spread!
