Re: build improvement

[Rob Savoye]

Ben Elliston wrote:

> libjava. It's wonderful to watch `make' sit there for 10 seconds
>
> working out what it really needs to do rather than forking off
> sub-makes that do nothing.
>  
 The main advantage with sub-makes over a single top level make file is 
that you can only do builds from the top level. With sub-makes, you can 
build just one subdirectory. I'd debate whether the examples should all 
have sub-makes so they can be built standalone, and the rest can build 
from the top level. I've found that the one top level make works well 
for libraries. but not for applications. DejaGnu is neither, since it 
doesn't compile any C/C++ code.

   - rob -