I've been using gnu make heavily lately, and I like it very much, but there are some functions I'd like to see to make my life easier. Perhaps there are hidden make features that could accomplish what I want, in which case a response would be appreciated. Otherwise, I post this in hopes the maintainer may be reading.
1. Forward slashes on Windows. I like that gnu make has so many cross-platform capabilities, but the fact that on Windows the automatic variables always deliver pathnames with backslashes even when using sh.exe is a major pain. My rules are littered with expressions like $(subst \,/,$<). I'd like an option that causes automatic variables to deliver forward slashes on Windows if sh.exe is being used as the shell. 2. Command-line options expressible in makefiles. I'd like to be able to express most command-line options using directives in a makefile or config file, thus keeping the actual command line as short as possible. As projects grow larger, command line length limits in shells become more of a concern. I'd also like to control, save and reproduce my option sets more reliably and cleanly by including them in the makefile, rather than track them in a separate launch script. For example, the include directive allows me to source additional makefiles as an alternative to the --include-dir command-line option. I'd like to see an analog of the include directive for the --touch and --what-if options, so if I wanted to, I could specify a large number of files. Thanks, Steve Huntley _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
