Re: GNU make (Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] Patch for more readable parse error messages)

From: Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GNU make (Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PATCHES] Patch for more readable parse error messages)
Date: 2000-02-24 12:51:40
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.02A.10002241348580.17421-100000@Hummer.DoCS.UU.SE
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Tom Lane wrote:

> Peter Eisentraut <e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE> writes:
> > I challenge everyone to show me a make without VPATH. In fact, show me two
> > makes without a feature that you can't live without, and I shall forever
> > hold my peace.
>
> Out of the four systems I have easy access to: HPUX 10, HPUX 9, Linux
> (some fairly old RedHat version), and SunOS 4.1.4, two have makes
> without VPATH

You win. ;)

I surveyed several machines as well (Solaris, IRIX, FreeBSD, HPUX) which
all had this feature. I feel better now with actual data points, I hope
that's fair enough.

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peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net 75262 Uppsala
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