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Re: This is not a proposal that can be implemented in make



On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 08:59:47PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le samedi 06 janvier 2007 à 13:32 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit :
> >         Something like this needs to be designed from a system
> >  perspective, and needs, probably, to cooperation the package build
> >  system.
> > 
> >         Since this is something that cant be done by a single pacage,
> >  I am reassigning this bug. (For example, my employer would be annoyed
> >  if all out product builds fail since make suddenly injects random
> >  flags for which our software is unprepared for).
> 
> Isn't that what pentium-builder does?
> 
If you are talking about the injection of random flags, then does it
matter?  Using pentium-builder is optional for building software.  Using
make generally is not.  A misbehaved wrapper is easy to work around
(don't use it).  A misbehaved hard dependency is a bit tougher.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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