%% "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: rpjd> while i can see the rationale for make searching the current rpjd> directory by default first, and only consulting VPATH rpjd> afterwards, was there ever any thought given to having VPATH act rpjd> like PATH instead?
Not that I'm aware of. rpjd> are there any situations where it would have been advantageous rpjd> for VPATH to do that? I'm sure that it wouldn't be hard to come up with hypothetical situations like that. I don't know how practical they are. The VPATH feature was originally implemented in SysV make (although that implementation was not very useful due to other limitations in SysV make), and that's how they implemented it there. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
