On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:09 PM, David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even if you only care about Unix-a-likes, you still need to remember that > GNU make, Sun make, SGI make, etc are only partially compatible. Then > consider that GNU software tends to break in stupid ways from one release to > another, and older versions of make may support fewer features than whatever > version you (and Schwern) are developing against. > > GNU have even managed to break *cp* and *rm* from one release to the next, > so I treat GNU make with suspicion - it's far more complex, so far more > likely to get a visit from the Fuckup Fairy.
True, but those kinds of problems are really rather rare, especially if you stay away from the bleeding edge, and tend to only crop up in esoteric situations. The uses of "make" that EU::MM generates are pretty standard and ordinary, and pretty much the same for all modules. Anyway, I've never had it break on me.
