On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 02:37:03AM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
I have some surprisingly good statistics. In ALT Linux Sisyphus
(repository with 5000+ source packages) percentage of packages
You have fallen for the trap [...]
It's full name (ALT GNU/*/Linux Sisyphus) is too long to
%% Alfred M\. Szmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
ps It's not clear to me what the problem is with having a late beta
ps of GNU make installed into Debian unstable. If these changes are
ps going to be in the next release would it really have made much
ps difference to wait for that?
ams
%% Alfred M\. Szmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
ams Thanks for the detailed explanation, but the thing with the
ams backslash/newline stuff is that it breaks old Makefiles, and it
ams makes new Makefiles not work with old makes; it is also hard (and
ams might make it even more unreadable
I still believe the change is localized and not widespread enough
to justify supporting both behaviors... hopefully I'm not whistling
past the graveyard.
I don't know if I should take your word for it, or if I should compile
lots of things (old and new) with the beta make and report what
I have some surprisingly good statistics. In ALT Linux Sisyphus
(repository with 5000+ source packages) percentage of packages
You have fallen for the trap that Linux is a operating system, which
it is not; it is simply a kernel. The operating system you are
actually refering to is an
%% 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
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?
The problem is that you don't get the chance to read the NEWS
Hey,
Please revert the POSIX_ME_HARDER change of backslash-newline
sequences are handled. There is absolutley no reason to break this.
Lots of old Makefile use it, and so do many new ones. If one wishes
to follow POSIX, one can make this the default setting when
POSIX_ME_HARDER (usually known
