Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751515AbWBWQDR (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:03:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751518AbWBWQDR (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:03:17 -0500 Received: from smtpauth02.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.62]:27825 "EHLO smtpauth02.mail.atl.earthlink.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751515AbWBWQDQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:03:16 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=mindspring.com; b=VXEjO5ay4YgjQhP0XmzgfkdF00PSMuWG+g92dowlp6IfoGos+eeUvb+MqvOnJvNu; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:Reply-To:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:Errors-To:X-PGP-RSA-Key:X-PGP-RSA-Fingerprint:X-PGP-DSS-Key:X-PGP-DSS-Fingerprint:X-URL:User-Agent:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:02:38 -0600 From: Tim Walberg To: Joerg Schilling Cc: herbert@13thfloor.at, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] portable Makefiles (was: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)) Message-ID: <20060223160238.GA31520@mindspring.com> Reply-To: Tim Walberg Mail-Followup-To: Tim Walberg , Joerg Schilling , herbert@13thfloor.at, matthias.andree@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200602171502.20268.dhazelton@enter.net> <43F9D771.nail4AL36GWSG@burner> <200602201302.05347.dhazelton@enter.net> <43FAE10F.nailD121QL6LN@burner> <20060221101644.GA19643@merlin.emma.line.org> <43FAF2FA.nailD12BW90DH@burner> <20060221114625.GA29439@merlin.emma.line.org> <43FC68C1.nailEC711MJAV@burner> <20060223081257.GA28833@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <43FDD944.nailFUE21NE9H@burner> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43FDD944.nailFUE21NE9H@burner> X-PGP-RSA-Key: 0x0C8BA2FD at www.pgp.com (pgp.ai.mit.edu) X-PGP-RSA-Fingerprint: FC08 4026 8A62 C72F 90A9 FA33 6EEA 542D X-PGP-DSS-Key: 0x6DAB2566 at www.pgp.com (pgp.ai.mit.edu) X-PGP-DSS-Fingerprint: 4E1B CD33 46D0 F383 1579 1CCA C3E5 9C8F 6DAB 2566 X-URL: http://www.mindspring.com/~twalberg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-ELNK-Trace: 51223d6fa76962de9c7f779228e2f6aeda0071232e20db4d8c28260e047739d43f64625752a043e4350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 69.3.103.64 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1212 Lines: 34 On 02/23/2006 16:48 +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> Herbert Poetzl wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 02:36:01PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> > > ??? smake _is_ a real world make program and if you rate POSIX compliance >> > > and portability, it will outstrip all other known make programs. >> > >> > does anybody (except for the author, of course) use >> > smake for building their stuff? just curious .. >> >> Many people use smake on platforms where there is no other >> sufficiently compliant make program. >> >> As GNU make incorrectly states to run on many plaforms, there are >> a lot of people who suffer from the fact that GNU make is not maintained >> since > 6 years. >> Hmmm... from the GNU Make web page: Version 3.80 (stable) released on 2002-10-04 00:00:00.000 Seems to me that's slightly less than 6 years, but then I was never that great at math... Maybe I missed something.... -- twalberg@mindspring.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/