Re: Brain surgery on the make system

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Mandereau" <address@hidden>
To: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>; "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden>
Cc: "Lily devel" <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Brain surgery on the make system


> Hi Phil,
>
> I hoped that missing directories would be supported, and saw those
> warnings too but thought they were harmless and didn't bother.  Adding
> dummy files is the easiest solution.
>
> 2012/8/27 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> > One stupid way to keep those directories is to place an empty .gitignore
> > file in them.
>
> Good idea. As a bonus, some support for creating these .gitignore
> files could be added in Documentation/GNUmakefile:new-lang target.
>
> Cheers,
> John

That ought not to be necessary, should it?  Once they're part of the git 
repo, they should stay?

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Phil Holmes