[Build-common-hackers] CFLAGS and implicit rules

W. Borgert debacle@debian.org
Fri, 9 Apr 2004 19:23:27 +0000


On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 03:04:24PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 13:36, Tom Huckstep wrote:
> > += is not portable, for a start.
> 
> True.  But all Debian systems have GNU make as "make".

I don't know, whether this is realistic, but I would like to
see CDBS as portable as possible.  Reason: I want to/have to
use a proprietary (aargh!) make program, that is compatible
with UNIX make, but does not have += nor $<.  Is CDBS pmake
conformant?

Cheers,
-- 
W. Borgert <debacle@debian.org>, http://people.debian.org/~debacle/