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Re: Non-recursive make & maintenance issue

From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl at src dot lip6 dot fr>
To: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple dot dallas dot tx dot us>
Cc: automake at gnu dot org
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:39:06 +0100
Subject: Re: Non-recursive make & maintenance issue
References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0311251714330.22691-100000@scooby.simplesystems.org>

>>> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us> writes:

[...]

 Bob> In other words, dealing with junk like

 Bob> apps_build_postgres_src_build_postgres_SOURCES

 Bob> is very tiring and failure prone.  Is there a reason why it can't
 Bob> simply be

 Bob> apps/build-postgres/src/build-postgres_SOURCES ?

Yes.  Makefile variable names can only consist of alphanumerics,
underscores, and periods.  Use of any other character is not
standard, and likely not portable.

`/' is definitely not portable; for instance OSF1 Make has a
special operator $(MACRO/left/right) that would conflict with
such variable names.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz

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