%% "Alfred M\. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: pds> I still believe the change is localized and not widespread enough pds> to justify supporting both behaviors... hopefully I'm not pds> whistling past the graveyard.
ams> I don't know if I should take your word for it, or if I should ams> compile lots of things (old and new) with the beta make and ams> report what breaks. Well, so far with the beta version of of GNU make installed in the Debian unstable release this is the first report of any Debian package breaking due to this change in behavior. I'm not a DD so I'm not sure how it works, but I assume the buildd systems have the new version of GNU make installed now that it's in unstable. It's not clear to me what the problem is with having a late beta of GNU make installed into Debian unstable. If these changes are going to be in the next release would it really have made much difference to wait for that? ams> Do you have any date for a proper release of 3.81? Yes: imminently. I need to update some documentation but I've had reports that beta4 is working properly for VMS, DOS, OS/2, Windows, and various UNIX platforms. I know there are still some issues but none of them are simple enough to fix that I want to hold up this release for them. I'm going to be away until New Years so it will be a few more days anyway. ams> sed -e 's,- *:,$@ $(@:.udeps=.ustamp) $(@:.udeps=.uh) $(@:.udeps=.__h)\ ams> $(@:.udeps=_server.c) $(@:.udeps=_server.h):,' \ ams> $(sed-remove-objpfx) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, that'll definitely need to be changed :-/. As you say, you don't need my help... but I'll just mention that if it were me and I was already committed to GNU make (as it seems you are here) I'd consider creating a variable that held all the possible suffixes (depsuffix = ustamp uh __h _server.c _server.h), then replace this list with a $(foreach ...) loop. This lets you add new suffixes very easily by updating that variable. Without seeing the entire makefile I can't tell, of course, but it might be that this suffix variable could be used in similar contexts in other places in the makefile. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make