[Simh] Proposal for a new make system

Toby Thain toby at telegraphics.com.au
Tue Mar 10 17:25:23 EDT 2009


On 10-Mar-09, at 5:06 PM, Richard wrote:

> Sorry, I meant to send this to the list and not just Philipp.
>
> In article <49B6D3A4.8040102 at hachti.de>,
>     Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de>  writes:
>
>> I do not use recursive makefiles.
>
> Indeed.
>
>
>     Recursive Make Considered Harmful
>     Peter Miller

Yeah but even more valuable than the automatic cite is practical  
experience of why recursive make doesn't work - since this paper,  
unfortunately, appears to lack power to convince.

Philipp, how did you get the recursive makefile you meantioned to  
work 'correctly'?

--Toby
(hesitant to go dig up the old simh makefile thread)




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