On 16 Dec 2003, Paul D. Smith wrote: > %% Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > bf> Per-subdirectory rules and definitions can be added in order to > bf> significantly reduce the amount of redundant code, and to > bf> re-enable the capability to usefully override parts of the default > bf> Makefile.in. > > Not if you want to continue to generate portable makefiles. > > There is no way in POSIX make (for example) to generate a target in a > subdirectory using a suffix rule.
Bummer. I wasn't sure about that. At the very least, an effort could be made to decrease the Makefile size by making maximum use of macro substitutions. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen
