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SubjectRe: [OT] portable Makefiles (was: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest))
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On Thursday 23 February 2006 07:15, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Joerg Schilling schrieb am 2006-02-22:
> > > > - run Solaris' /usr/{ccs,xpg4}/bin/make
> > > > to find out if your Makefile is portable
> > >
> > > Solaris make does not write useful error messages in case of
> > > non-portable makefiles.
> >
> > Sun Microsystems do not advertise their make tool as Makefile
> > portability validator. Note the difference: each tool is held to its
> > own standards.
>
> I do not advertize smake as makefile validator either.
>
> It would help a lot, if people on LKML would not repeatedly impute me
> things I never said....
>
>
> Smake helps to find non-portable code, this is something completely
> different!

Umm - Joerg, you just stepped on your own toes there. A makefile validator
does exactly that - helps people find non-portable code. You're fighting a
losing battle when you claim one thing then say something that proves it
false.

DRH

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