Recursive Makefile (was: Re: OCaml makefile template comments)

From: David Mentré (David.Mentre@irisa.fr)
Date: Thu Nov 25 1999 - 13:38:57 MET


To: Markus Mottl <mottl@miss.wu-wien.ac.at>
Subject: Recursive Makefile (was: Re: OCaml makefile template comments)
From: David.Mentre@irisa.fr (David =?iso-8859-1?q?Mentré?=)
Date: 25 Nov 1999 13:38:57 +0100
In-Reply-To: Markus Mottl's message of "Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:49:50 +0100 (MET)"

Markus Mottl <mottl@miss.wu-wien.ac.at> writes:

> Is there a particular reason for objecting to recursive makefiles?

<religious-war>

I think you should read:
  Recursive Make Considered Harmful (Peter Miller)
   http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html

and *make your own opinion*. I've made mine.

</religious-war>

Anyway, thanks for your pointer. I'll take a look at it.

Best regards,
d.

-- 
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 Opinions expressed here are only mine.



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