> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 13:55:40 +0100
> From: Jonny Grant
> Cc: psm...@gnu.org, bug-make@gnu.org
>
> On 8 July 2014 03:38, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> From: Paul Smith
> >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , bug-make@gnu.org
> >> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:00:03 -0400
> >>
> >> I do wonder, though, why we have
On 8 July 2014 03:38, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Paul Smith
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , bug-make@gnu.org
>> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:00:03 -0400
>>
>> I do wonder, though, why we have both "makefile" and "Makefile" above.
>> Does that actually ever do anything on Windows, other than waste a bit
>>
> From: Paul Smith
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , bug-make@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:00:03 -0400
>
> I do wonder, though, why we have both "makefile" and "Makefile" above.
> Does that actually ever do anything on Windows, other than waste a bit
> of time checking for the same file twice?
No.
_
I believe it's theoretically possible to have a case-sensitive
filesystem on Windows though it would primarily benefit masochists.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 21:15 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote:
>> +#ifdef WINDOWS32
>> + { "GNUmakefile", "makefile", "Make
On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 21:15 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote:
> +#ifdef WINDOWS32
> + { "GNUmakefile", "makefile", "Makefile", "makefile.mak", 0 };
> +#else
This is OK with me. I definitely don't want to add "Makefile.mk" to the
UNIX/POSIX side; that's not something anyone ever uses anyway.
I do wonder,
On 7 July 2014 07:06, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 21:28 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote:
>> I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be
>> quite useful GNU Make could pick up the Windows makefile extension
>> .MAK
>
> If Eli feels this is useful for Windows implement
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 17:42:18 +0200
> From: Norbert Thiebaud
> Cc: psm...@gnu.org, j...@jguk.org, "bug-make@gnu.org"
>
> >> Renaming the Windows README files is also fine with me if it's fine with
> >> Eli.
> >
> > My only doubt about this request is that README files for other
> > platforms
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Paul Smith
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , bug-make@gnu.org
>> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 02:06:54 -0400
>>
>> On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 21:28 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote:
>> > I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be
>> > quite
> From: Paul Smith
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , bug-make@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 02:06:54 -0400
>
> On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 21:28 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote:
> > I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be
> > quite useful GNU Make could pick up the Windows makefile extensio
On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 21:28 +0100, Jonny Grant wrote:
> I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be
> quite useful GNU Make could pick up the Windows makefile extension
> .MAK
If Eli feels this is useful for Windows implementations he can add it;
however, I don't want this
On Mon Jun 30 21:28:43 2014, j...@jguk.org (Jonny Grant) wrote:
> Hi Eli
>
> I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be
> quite useful GNU Make could pick up the Windows makefile extension
> .MAK
On non-Windows platforms I've seen .mk quite a few times,
but never .mak.
>
Hi Eli
I have a few, but triggered by make -f makefile.mak. So it would be
quite useful GNU Make could pick up the Windows makefile extension
.MAK
I would also rename README.W32 to be README_W32.txt
Regards, Jon
On 28 June 2014 15:11, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:12:32 +
> Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:12:32 +0100
> From: Jonny Grant
>
> Rationale, on Windows makefiles often have this name for other "make"
> programs. In addition it is easier to associate with an editor because
> it has an extension.
FWIW, I have only one makefile.mak on my system, and it seems to b
Hello Paul
Could the following change be added please.
Rationale, on Windows makefiles often have this name for other "make"
programs. In addition it is easier to associate with an editor because
it has an extension.
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