> From: Paul Smith <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:39:30 -0500 > Cc: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 11:41 +0200, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote: > > > install: > > > cd subdir&& $(MAKE) > > > > > How about > > > > instal: > > $(MAKE) -C subdir > > > > Is this usual pattern? > > These are equivalent. The advantage of the former is that it's portable > to other variants of make. The advantage of the latter is that (as long > as you know you're using GNU make and the command is not more complex) > you get a bit of efficiency boost by avoiding a shell invocation.
An additional advantage of the latter is that it works with non-Unix shells as well (although most modern Windows versions support &&). _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
