Re: [dev] lightweight build system

2017-07-26 Thread ochern
I get the parser of C > already in the compiler and does not need to reinvent a language > parser for "options". I agree. There is CPP and config.h is reasonably good and sufficient. Regards. Alex On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Anselm R Garbe wrote: > On 26 July 2017 at 03:28,

Re: [dev] lightweight build system

2017-07-25 Thread ochern
your answer. I think the collected info would be interesting for all from the community. Thanks. On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 12:22 PM, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > he said he is new here, not that he will create anything new. > > On 7/24/17, r...@firemail.cc wrote: >> On 201

Re: [dev] lightweight build system

2017-07-23 Thread ochern
23, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Greg Reagle wrote: > On Sun, Jul 23, 2017, at 05:38, ochern wrote: >> . $TOP/build.conf >> >> case "$target_os" in >> gnulinux) >> SOURCES="$SOURCES linux.c" >> CFLAGS="-DENABLE_LINUX_FEATURES >>

Re: [dev] lightweight build system

2017-07-23 Thread ochern
Absolutely not looking for radical. I prefer standard sh and make, not invent new make variations or, worse, new formats and languages. Every new make variant declares to retain all good and fix all bad from classic make by inventing just another one declarative syntax. Usually it looks weird. IMHO

Re: [dev] lightweight build system

2017-07-23 Thread ochern
Using static Makefiles is not always KISS. Sometimes it's simpler to generate Makefile. sh is also available everywhere. Alex On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Hiltjo Posthuma wrote: > On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:38:59PM +0300, ochern wrote: >> Thanks for the extended answer. mk lo

Re: [dev] lightweight build system

2017-07-23 Thread ochern
n runs toplevel mkmf that call all other mkmf scripts recursively. Thus we have a simple and flexible build system. I'd like to read about rc and 9base. Could you give some reference? Alex On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Anselm R Garbe wrote: > Hi Alex, > > On 23 July 2017 at 09:47,

[dev] lightweight build system

2017-07-23 Thread ochern
hi all, I'm new here and I want to ask if somebody is interested in discussing a development of lightweight build system based on simple Shell and Make. It would be great to hear the opinions from the community and may be there would rise a common welth and opportunity to develop suckless build sy