Re: submake messages not perfect

%% Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> I guess I still don't understand Dan's comment, though. dj> Well for me, make calling several make&'s all in the same dj> directory, I wrote a long reply to this. Then I rewrote it. Then I decided to delete most of it :). I've left some

Re: add order-only-prerequisites example

%% Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> Sometimes features are advanced enough that providing a simple Paul> example dj> Well still, a few-liner showing how dj> a: b|c dj> differs from dj> a: b c dj> wouldn't hurt. True. dj> Occasionally, however, you have a situation

Re: fatal errors for missing include files.

%% "Ian Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: id> I mean make would build "includer" files before "includee" files. id> So if I have this kind of structure, where indentation indicates id> incusion level: id> Makefile id> includes sub.mk id> includes subsub.mk id> includes

Re: Invalid VPATH directories query

%% "J. Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jg> I have noticed some accidental mistakes with invalid VPATH jg> directories. I wonder if there is any way Make could first check jg> the directories are valid and list the ones which are invalid? Just because they're invalid when make starts doe

Re: fatal errors for missing include files.

Hi Paul, Thanks for your reply. I will try to clarify what I meant. From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> %% "Ian Dunbar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: id> In general, making the lowest file first seems like unusual id> behavour. Shouldn't make know that it should regenerate included id> fi

Re: submake messages not perfect

Paul> I guess I still don't understand Dan's comment, though. Well for me, make calling several make&'s all in the same directory, I see lots of messages about how they are entering and leaving that directory, when in fact they never set foot outside that directory, and what they really were tryin

Re: add order-only-prerequisites example

Paul> Sometimes features are advanced enough that providing a simple example Well still, a few-liner showing how a: b|c differs from a: b c wouldn't hurt. Paul> under a public license. I meant you guys must be reading an O'Reilly book or hung out in Bell Labs or something. There's no way I coul

Invalid VPATH directories query

Hello, I have noticed some accidental mistakes with invalid VPATH directories. I wonder if there is any way Make could first check the directories are valid and list the ones which are invalid? Would such a feature be supported if not already present? (I could not find it) Kind regards JG __