> > It worries me that we're going to become *very* dependent on a > > specific version of make all of a sudden. > > Why? Where? The only thing that's GNU make specific is the variable > defintion as a dependency, i.e. the suggested implementation of the > build-debug target. But that's only a recommendation, you don't need > to use it.
And note that we're only messing with debian/rules, which is Debian-specific anyway. And Debian is committed to GNU make. This shouldn't be a problem. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg