* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 05:06:40PM CEST:
If depending on GNU make was considered ok, then Automake would have
been developed quite differently than it is. Given current Automake
objectives, it is wise that individual projects also try to avoid
GNU make syntax in
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:05:31PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 05:06:40PM CEST:
If depending on GNU make was considered ok, then Automake would have
been developed quite differently than it is. Given current Automake
objectives, it is wise
I for one would be glad if automake required GNU make, since it
could make use of a lot of useful features which currently aren't
allowed. Similar to autoconf not requiring a POSIX shell, depite
the fact that non-POSIX shells are so far obsolete they are
irrelevant.
Are there any tools to
