On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 02:47:24PM +0200, Bodo Moeller wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 09:01:53AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> >   Log:
> >   The correct PERL interpreter is passed via commandline.
> 
> >   RCS file: /e/openssl/cvs/openssl/apps/Makefile.ssl,v
> >   retrieving revision 1.100.2.2
> >   retrieving revision 1.100.2.3
> >   diff -u -r1.100.2.2 -r1.100.2.3
> >   --- Makefile.ssl  2002/04/06 19:14:48     1.100.2.2
> >   +++ Makefile.ssl  2002/06/05 07:01:13     1.100.2.3
> >   @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
> >    MAKEDEPPROG=     makedepend
> >    MAKEDEPEND=      $(TOP)/util/domd $(TOP) -MD $(MAKEDEPPROG)
> >    MAKEFILE=        Makefile.ssl
> >   -PERL= perl
> >    RM=              rm -f
> >    # KRB5 stuff
> >    KRB5_INCLUDES=
> 
> Is there a particular reason for deleting these definitions?  The
> value passed on the command line will override the value found in the
> Makefile anyway, so there should be no harm in keeping the
> PERL=... line.

Yes, that's what I also read in the manual page. The more problems I have
to explain why it didn't work as expected... (HP-UX 10.20)

> The reason for providing a PERL definition in the Makefile, even
> though it will be ignored under usual circumstances, is that otherwise
> very strange things might happen if make is run without a PERL
> definition on the command line.  We could use 'PERL=false' to ensure
> that make will fail in a predictable way in such cases.

Sounds reasonable. Probably I should take another look to find out, why
it didn't work out in the first place, because it would break things again
otherwise...

Best regards,
        Lutz
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