Re: [PATCH 0/4] Require GNU make

[Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at polymtl dot ca>]

On 2016-11-16 11:08, Simon Marchi wrote:
> Following the discussions in
>
>   https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-11/msg00326.html
>
> I am sending this patch series which makes GNU make mandatory for 
> building GDB
> and GDBserver.
>
>   - Patch 1 simply updates the NEWS file
>   - Patch 2 removes code that is conditional on make being GNU make or 
> not.
>   - Patches 3 and 4 make use of pattern rules, a GNU make-specific 
> feature.
>
> Patches 3 and 4 replace patches 1 and 2 in the original series.
>
> Simon Marchi (4):
>   Document new hard requirement on GNU make
>   Remove code that checks for GNU/non-GNU make
>   Makefile: Replace old suffix rules with pattern rules
>   Makefile: Replace explicit subdir rules with pattern rules
>
>  gdb/Makefile.in            | 835 
> +++++----------------------------------------
>  gdb/NEWS                   |   5 +
>  gdb/configure              |  97 ------
>  gdb/configure.ac           |  11 -
>  gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in  |  36 +-
>  gdb/gdbserver/configure    |  97 ------
>  gdb/gdbserver/configure.ac |  11 -
>  gdb/testsuite/Makefile.in  |  88 +++--
>  gdb/testsuite/configure    |  99 ------
>  gdb/testsuite/configure.ac |  11 -
>  10 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 1149 deletions(-)

Thanks everybody for the reviews and comments, I have now pushed this 
series.

I'll follow-up with:

 - See if binutils can require GNU make as well, and perhaps have a 
check in the top-level makefile
 - Disable default implicit rules with .SUFFIXES.

Simon