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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2003-02-17 19:41:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2009-06-23 12:10:06 +0200 |
| commit | 9deecd4ee9e9d82813acfff7386b06042ae5d88a (patch) | |
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| parent | 89273c2e0bdda5b7db71a7c91fa3677ae80f9016 (diff) | |
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Old notes about VPATH.
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diff --git a/Admin/vpath b/Admin/vpath new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8a13f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Admin/vpath @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Q: gettext's Makefiles don't support VPATH. + +A: It's some vendors' "make" which doesn't support VPATH. + + 1) GNU make supports VPATH with both .c.o and %.o:%.c rules. + + 2) Solaris make should not be used with VPATH at all, as it randomly + changes Makefile variables. + + 3) FreeBSD make does not support %.o:%.c rules at all. For the + remaining .c.o rules VPATH is taken into account. For + additional dependencies like "foo.o : bar.c" it is not. + + Since %.o:%.c rules are not portable, GNU package Makefiles + shouldn't use them. Only .c.o rules. And then gettext's Makefiles + should work with GNU make and with FreeBSD make. But Solaris make + is not supportable with VPATH. + |