On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 03:36:16AM -0800, Eron Hennessey wrote: > make is not a language-specific tool... nor is it necessary for any > particular language. but it is very helpful.
Nor is its usefulness limited just to programming. I use make to manage my DNS zones, Postfix configs, apache configs, etc. For example, if cfengine pulls in new Postfix files, the last thing it does is cd to /etc/postfix and runs make. The makefile decides which databases need to be regenerated and whether postfix needs to be restarted or not. And, it does it in a much more concise notation than any shell script could ever do, without doing more work than is necessary. Make is a just a general-purpose system to manage production rules, and to dismiss it out of hand as being "outdated" or "no longer necessary", is to completely miss the point of the tool. -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:161669680 UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-C++-DNS-PalmOS-PostgreSQL-MySQL Dave is currently listening to Neil Young and the Bluenotes - Twilight (This Note's For You) -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
