Garrett Cooper <[email protected]> writes: > I disagree for a few reasons: > 1. style.Makefile(9) makes no mention of having to use an idiom over > the other.
That is only one of many things it does not mention. That doesn't mean we don't have idioms and conventions outside what is described in that document. > 2. The likelihood of typos creeping into Makefiles is greater with the > _foo= idiom. I don't see how it makes a difference at all. > 3. It creates unnecessary local variables — especially when appending > is so easy to do. Define unnecessary. What is the marginal cost of a Makefile variable? > 4. It’s more difficult when backporting changes to do it with the > variable method — especially if context around the line modified has > changed a great deal. I don't see how it makes a difference. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
