Re: Debugging makefiles

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Subject: Re: Debugging makefiles
From: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 14:53:43 +0300
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On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 05:56:09AM +0200, Simon Richter wrote:
> Usually, if I don't understand a Makefile exactly after reading it two
> or three times, I try to rewrite it from scratch. Usually I end up with
> something that is much simpler (because the upstream Makefile grew over
> time and has history's collected cruft in it), or with something that
> basically only has a few target names exchanged (but then I know why).

I see you have never had to deal with automake.

Richard Braakman

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