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Re: automake -vs- huge projects
- From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple dot dallas dot tx dot us>
- To: Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu at faw dot uni-ulm dot de>
- Cc: Automake List <automake at gnu dot org>, Lars Hecking <lhecking at nmrc dot ie>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 09:06:26 -0600 (CST)
- Subject: Re: automake -vs- huge projects
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 16:01, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Lars Hecking wrote:
> > >
> > > What about an automake option then to generate Makefiles for GNU make?
> >
> > How about a new binary 'automake' program that doesn't require an
> > external 'make' program at all? It would read the Makefile.am files
> > directly ...
> How many times did you resort to using "plain make"-rule in Makefile.ams?
Plenty.
> So, IMO, for being useful, you'd either have to extend make to accept
> the *.am-syntax or to reimplement make.
Exactly. The binary 'automake' would be a "plain make" which also
understands Automake syntax.
If a non-standard tool is required to be on the user's system in order
to build software, then it might as well be a tool that does
everything. :-)
Bob
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