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From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
To: Jason Riedy <ejr@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Include Makefile.localdef in Makefile, if it exists.
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:14:43 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vmzjixaak.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3061.1133591717@lotus.CS.Berkeley.EDU

Jason Riedy <ejr@EECS.Berkeley.EDU> writes:

> ...  I might
> send along such a patch, along with a note about config.mak in
> INSTALL...

Please don't, unless you are confident your change can satisfy
_everybody_.

People with makefile needs that are more "advanced" (that is,
something a simple "-include config.mak" cannot easily satisfy)
can do any number of things without touching Makefile I ship.
Examples include:

 - have own makefile, include Makefile.

 - have onw Make script, run "make -f Makefile" with preset
   "bindir=HERE NO_XXX=NoThanks" to reduce typing.

 - have own makefile, whose build target depends on Make.file
   and runs "make -f Make.file", with a build rule for Make.file
   to munge Makefile using custom perl/sed into it.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-12-03 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-02 23:11 [PATCH] Include Makefile.localdef in Makefile, if it exists Jason Riedy
2005-12-03  2:23 ` Johannes Schindelin
2005-12-03  6:35   ` Jason Riedy
2005-12-03 10:45     ` Johannes Schindelin
2005-12-03 19:14     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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