David Korn <dgk at research.att.com> wrote:
> > That's all nice, but there remains the fact that it is very
> > difficult to understand for outsiders (contrasting to plain
> > makefiles). This is what significantly raises the maintenance
> > burden, in particular if the advantages are not actually
> > needed for a certain task.
> Thats nonsense. Who really understands the GNU Makefiles? They
> are mostly generated and look like an intermediate language
> not a specification on how to build.
No doubt, but I was simply not talking about autotools output.
I was talking about plain makefiles, such as those used in
OpenSolaris, or in my own projects.
Gunnar
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