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Re: [Nmh-workers] things still to fix for this release?

2005-11-09 12:42:44
Oliver Kiddle wrote:
There is also the factor that the install target really ought to depend
on nmh having actually been built because otherwise it fails. That's why
I suggested making it depend on all.

On reflection, I think you're right.

Trouble is that "all" recursively
descends the directories so it may not be the best choice.

It takes less than a second to do 'make all' when there's nothing to do
on my system (which isn't a speed demon by any stretch), so I don't think
it's a big deal.

(As it happens, I'm not a fan of recursive make at all (see the classic
'Recursive make considered harmful' paper at 
http://www.pcug.org.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html [PDF]).
But that's definitely a post-1.2 argument.)

-- PMM


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