HI all, I find some of the information in this thread quite useful, especially since I was considering to move some of our project files to non-recursive makefiles. I understand the downsides - silly variable names in subdir makefiles, which are also tied to the respective directory and require change when relocating, speed... Our directory structure (don't ask why, not my decision) is something like: somemodule/src/pkgsomepackage, with interesting stuff built in pkg... directories, so you can imagine how ugly targets and variables in those dirs will look like - ugh. So yes, I think the import feature would definitely be useful in this respect.
However, people haven't mentioned yet the main point in Peter Miller's paper - dependency handling, which I think is very important (I would say significantly more important than the ability to type "make clean" in one directory). Most people I work with are more familiar with Windows Visual Studio projects, and they are used to a system where changing a file triggers the rebuilding of the exact files that require it - so the intention would be to achieve something similar on Linux. However, this currently doesn't work with our recursive automake setup, and I always find myself typing "make -C somemodule/src/pkgsomepackage && make -C bin" - and that I can do when I know what will be affected. It would be nice to have to only type "make". We also have separate directories for basic tests and unit tests, and those also require libraries in the main source directory. We would also like to be able to handle those. There is also a problem inherent to the project - the dependency graph between modules is very messy, so we can't really separate independent modules. So, my question would be: how do people mix recursive makefiles with dependency handling? Or in hybrid approaches? Stefan. On 5/24/06, Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hear hear! After spending a fair bit of time considering the non- recursive makefile approach for a rather complex project, I was almost inclined to write up a rebuttal to Peter Miller's politicized rant regarding recursive make.
