> From: "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:51:01 +0100 > > > The thought of adding a cygwin-specific function to make and then making > > sure that it exists as a noop in any other version of make seems a little > > pushy to me. > > Well, it could always just not exist, and people can hide it in wrapper > funcs or ifdefs.
ifdefs are a clear sign of non-portability. I think we should try to avoid that as much as possible. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
