>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:55 PM, John Dill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My particular solution is to have an include file that implements some >> variables for use in my makefile. This is an excerpt from my make function >> library. > > <big snip> > > Great! i'm gonna steal that. :)
Glad you like it :) > But let's consider: > > a) this must be updated on each new version of make (admittedly not very often) True, but now you have the problem of having versions of make with the implementation of the '-X' flag and those that don't. So implementing a make that has a version flag just created another version problem for any makefile that depends on that '-X' flag. > b) it's MUCH more verbose than, e.g. -X=3.81 or --minimum-make-version=3.81 No argument there, but I can live with verbose. Best regards, John Dill _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
