(as a side note, i'm trying not to be overwhelmingly annoying with what are undoubtedly simple questions.)
i'm just about to redesign my software structure using VPATH, and i was curious about the fact that VPATH is designed as a search list for files that are not in the current directory *already*. this flies in the face of historical unix convention that the regular search path variable PATH has to *explicitly* list the current directory for it to be searched. while i can see the rationale for make searching the current directory by default first, and only consulting VPATH afterwards, was there ever any thought given to having VPATH act like PATH instead? are there any situations where it would have been advantageous for VPATH to do that? just curious. rday _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
