Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-07-12 Thread Eli Zaretskii
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 13:55:40 +0100 From: Jonny Grant j...@jguk.org Cc: psm...@gnu.org, bug-make@gnu.org On 8 July 2014 03:38, Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org wrote: From: Paul Smith psm...@gnu.org Cc: Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org, bug-make@gnu.org Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:00:03 -0400 I

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-07-08 Thread Jonny Grant
On 8 July 2014 03:38, Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org wrote: From: Paul Smith psm...@gnu.org Cc: Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org, bug-make@gnu.org Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:00:03 -0400 I do wonder, though, why we have both makefile and Makefile above. Does that actually ever do anything on Windows,

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-07-07 Thread Eli Zaretskii
From: Paul Smith psm...@gnu.org Cc: Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org, bug-make@gnu.org Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 02:06:54 -0400 On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 21:28 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote: I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be quite useful GNU Make could pick up the Windows

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-07-07 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org wrote: From: Paul Smith psm...@gnu.org Cc: Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org, bug-make@gnu.org Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 02:06:54 -0400 On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 21:28 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote: I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak.

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-07-07 Thread Eli Zaretskii
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 17:42:18 +0200 From: Norbert Thiebaud nthieb...@gmail.com Cc: psm...@gnu.org, j...@jguk.org, bug-make@gnu.org bug-make@gnu.org Renaming the Windows README files is also fine with me if it's fine with Eli. My only doubt about this request is that README files for

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-07-07 Thread David Boyce
I believe it's theoretically possible to have a case-sensitive filesystem on Windows though it would primarily benefit masochists. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Paul Smith psm...@gnu.org wrote: On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 21:15 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote: +#ifdef WINDOWS32 + { GNUmakefile, makefile,

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-07-07 Thread Eli Zaretskii
From: Paul Smith psm...@gnu.org Cc: Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org, bug-make@gnu.org Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:00:03 -0400 I do wonder, though, why we have both makefile and Makefile above. Does that actually ever do anything on Windows, other than waste a bit of time checking for the same

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-07-02 Thread Reinier Post
On Mon Jun 30 21:28:43 2014, j...@jguk.org (Jonny Grant) wrote: Hi Eli I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be quite useful GNU Make could pick up the Windows makefile extension .MAK On non-Windows platforms I've seen .mk quite a few times, but never .mak. I

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-06-30 Thread Jonny Grant
Hi Eli I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be quite useful GNU Make could pick up the Windows makefile extension .MAK I would also rename README.W32 to be README_W32.txt Regards, Jon On 28 June 2014 15:11, Eli Zaretskii e...@gnu.org wrote: Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014

Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-06-28 Thread Jonny Grant
Hello Paul Could the following change be added please. Rationale, on Windows makefiles often have this name for other make programs. In addition it is easier to associate with an editor because it has an extension. I am not a member of this list, so could I ask to keep my email address included

Re: Add makefile.mak to list of default makefiles

2014-06-28 Thread Eli Zaretskii
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:12:32 +0100 From: Jonny Grant j...@jguk.org Rationale, on Windows makefiles often have this name for other make programs. In addition it is easier to associate with an editor because it has an extension. FWIW, I have only one makefile.mak on my system, and it