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Re: Avoid VPATH-related distcheck failures with non-GNU make
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Bob Friesenhahn |
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Re: Avoid VPATH-related distcheck failures with non-GNU make |
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Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:59:53 -0600 (CST) |
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Alpine 2.01 (GSO 1266 2009-07-14) |
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
I reject the notion of disallowing VPATH builds with GNU make only.
The reason is simple: I make good use of this feature every time I test
the Automake package with some non-GNU make (I build several platforms
off of one tree shared via NFS). It would make my testing significantly
harder if GNU make needed to be added to the mix.
I agree with Ralf. I also think that refusing to work because a tool
is not "GNU" is offensive and counter-productive for those who develop
competing non-GNU implementations. Competing products do have
incentive to offer working VPATH support because it is so useful, and
because Automake uses it.
Bob
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