Cleaning up Make syntax

2005-03-31 Thread Mcguinness, Brian B
Some people complain that make doesn't have enough flexibility to suit their needs. My main complaint about it is that it requires a tab at the beginning of the lines that contain commands; if you type a space instead, the makefile doesn't work. You can't see this error by looking at the file. T

Re: Cleaning up Make syntax

2005-03-31 Thread Paul D. Smith
Hi Brian; It's not clear from your email exactly what you are suggesting, other than the fact you don't like make syntax... this is understandable, but... The most fundamental feature of GNU make, which will always and forever be true, is that it conforms to the POSIX standard for make. GNU make