On 6 January 2013 11:51, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote: >> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 08:27:37 +0800 >> From: Yongwei Wu <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> >> undefining $(RM) will break certain makefiles > > Can you show them and point to projects that use them?
No, I do not know popular projects that do this (they use more formal methods). I do use $(RM) this way (in personal and proprietary projects) to minimize the Makefile difference between Unix and Windows platforms. For a personal project, you can check: https://github.com/adah1972/libunibreak/blob/master/src/Makefile.gcc Maybe it is just informal, or even foolish. I doubt I am the only one doing this. Anyway, my point is that undefining RM does not bring benefits. If make.exe cannot find rm.exe, it will issue a clear error message. If RM is undefined, I do not think the message will be more friendly. I think the principle of least surprise should apply here. Best regards, Yongwei -- Wu Yongwei URL: http://wyw.dcweb.cn/ _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
