Re: [PATCH] Be nice with compilers that do not support runtime paths at all.

> Benoit SIGOURE <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr> wrote:
> > >On Oct 4, 2007, at 1:18 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > >>Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr> writes:
> > >>
> > >>If we do not care about supporting too old GNU make, we can do
> > >>this by first adding this near the top:
> > >>
> > >>        ifndef NO_RPATH
> > >>        LINKER_PATH = -L$(1) $(CC_LD_DYNPATH)$(1)
> > >>        else
> > >>        LINKER_PATH = -L$(1)
> > >>        endif
> > >>
> > >>and then doing something like:
> > >>
> > >>	CURL_LIBCURL = $(call LINKER_PATH,$(CURLDIR)/$(lib))
> > >>	OPENSSL_LINK = $(call LINKER_PATH,$(OPENSSLDIR)/$(lib))
> > >>
> > >>to make it easier to read and less error prone.
> > >
> > >Yes.  I can rework the patch, but the question is: do you care  
> > >about old GNU make?  Can I rewrite the patch with this feature?
> > 
> > I know Junio is still offline but maybe someone else has an objection 
> > against this?
> 
> How old of a GNU make are talking about here?  The above is certainly a 
> lot nicer to read, but I'd hate to suddenly ship a new Git that someone 
> cannot compile because their GNU make is too old.