Ralf wrote: > If automake so far has been able to achieve its job, by not using > gmake proprietary constructs in its Makefile.ins, then there should > not be any need for automake to _now_ start using gmake-constructs in > Makefile.ins.
I agree, there is probably no *need*. > Or simpler: So far, automake has not been using gmake, so why should > it now start doing so? - compelling, significant performance gains - compelling, significant improvement in inter-package builds are the two most obvious cases to me. H
