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Re: [PATCH 1/5] Fixes for ancient versions of GNU make

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 17, 2006, 23:29 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Jason Riedy wrote:
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> And Johannes Schindelin writes:
>  - 
>  - Some version of GNU make do not understand $(call), and have 
>  - problems to interpret rules like this:
> 
> Is building a newer version of GNU make impossible on Irix?

No. But it is annoying to be forced to upgrade every second package. If there'd be some real benefit, then okay, I'd do it. But there is really no point in not supporting the old version.

Besides, in some environments you are just not allowed to go wild installing programs. And in some environments, you just don't have the quota.

Hth, Dscho

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  1. 1/5 Fixes for ancient versions of GNU makeJohannes Schindelin, Feb 17, 2006
  2. Jason RiedyFeb 17, 2006
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2006
  5. 1/5 Fixes for ancient versions of GNU makeJohannes Schindelin, Feb 18, 2006

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