Thanks for the very informative help.
I really need an include directive so I will forget about POSIX or else write my own include wrapper.
I am writing an IDE 'wrapper'/automake' environment that depends on make.
I have looked at Ant and don't like it. I like Gnu make, but...
One of my concerns is licensing:
If my product uses Gnu-make-specific features in its Makefiles will it be considered 'derivative' and bound by the GPL?
I have not decided on how to license my product but until I do, I don't want to design it to end up being locked into a GPL.
Thanks,
Greg Keraunen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 04:18 PM 10/11/2002 -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote:
%% gk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: g> I am trying to write makefiles that are least dependent on a g> particular make. The Gnu make manual says:Let me prefix this message by saying that what you want to do is going to be very frustrating, and you should only proceed if you have _VERY_ strong reasons you _MUST_ do this, such as external requirements. The POSIX definition of make is very anemic: it's so undemanding that it doesn't even provide for an "include" feature, much less many other more powerful capabilities. It's far, far better for your sanity to forego the idea of writing portable makefiles, and use a portable _make program_ instead. GNU make
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