On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:49:53 +0000 Mark Morgan Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mattias Gärtner wrote: >[...] > >> Could a rule for "help" be grafted onto the makefile showing the > >> important options and available targets? > > > > They are documented on the wiki pages about the various > > platforms/widgetsets. They also mention needed libraries and tools. > > Thanks, noted. > > > The makefile would be a bad and uncommon place for this > > information. > > Sorry, with respect I disagree about the "uncommon" aspect. If you > say "make help" in the Linux kernel build directory it gives you a > list of targets etc., and in a fairly high proportion of open source > projects "./configure --help" will give you a list of options. Right you are. And of course more help would be better. Note: We don't want/need a './configure'. lazarus should compile for most users with a normal 'make'. If you need options then you are doing experimental stuff. AFAIK: It is common to list some common options. But it is uncommon to explain those options there. The explanations and requirements are normally put into an Install or Readme file under Linux/BSD/C projects and some pdf/html/etc on other targets. The make files were always a temporary solution. We always wanted a fp way to compile stuff. The coming fpmake will hopefully do the job. To make C and linux people feel home there will be a Makefile that will simply call fpmake. And the sub make targets for lcl, components codetools, ... will be replaced/vanish too. This will not happen in weeks, but maybe in a few months. Mattias _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
