I'm not so sure that it doesn't. That is certainly well within the capabilities of make itself...
Joost Kooij wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, joost witteveen wrote: > > [A very interesting and informative expose, thanks Joost!] > > As it works now (as I understand) the rules makefile effectively tries to > make the build independent of the actual machine it is built on. Of course > this is great for maintainers who create a binary for distribution. > > It would also be nice to have an easy way to rebuild a package as user and > have the building optimized for the particular machine that the user has. > > If the rules file could take standard parameters like the cc to use, > optimization flags to use, another architecture altogether than the > machine on which is built etc., that would be a nifty thing to have. > > Oh well, > > Cheers, > > Joost > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!" See! They do get some things right! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .