Hi, Some time ago I was using nmake(att not ms) and really liked the way it handled reference builds. In general you could specify directories in your VPATH to search for sources AND object files. This enabled users to checkout locally just few files that were to be modified and build product using nightly build directories to fill missing object and target files and nightly build checkout area to search for missing source files. the problem is clearly stated in this post: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2005-08/msg00132.html
Just wonder if this is possible with gnu make, I've read Managing Projects with GNU Make chapter 10.5 Partial Source Trees and 10.6 Reference Builds,Libraries and Installers so it looks like that functionality can be achieved in gnu make. But on the other hand I read posts on this lists VPATH question - Gnu make vs. Lucent nmake http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2005-08/msg00140.html that suggest that this functionality can't be easily achieved with gnu make. So really stumbled on this is it possible or not ? I don't mind writing some wrapper build script to invoke make if that would help to overcome those problems. I would really like to use gnu make because it has huge user base. not many people know about att version of nmake it's actively maintained and it's free but it has about 150 users (sic!) so it seems risky to implement build system using it. (NB there is also Lucent version (after att split) with some enhancements and additional support for java.) Thanks Chris ____________________________________________________________________________ Domeny, serwer, Strona WWW za darmo! Pokaz Twoja firme w Sieci! www.nazwa.pl _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
