Re: CVS commit: src

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Tom Spindler wrote:
> > Defer the "make obj" step until after tools are built and installed.
> > 
> > There may be commands embedded in "!=" assignments that depend on tools
> > being available, and previously these would have printed error messages
> > during "make obj".  They may still print error messages during "make
> > cleandir", which (if it is performed at all) is performed before tools
> > are built.
> 
> For those of us who are morbidly curious - what extant Makefiles have
> this issue?

Possibly none, now that the one with ${TOOL_AWK} has been
conditionalised.  But I intend to s/sed/${TOOL_SED}/ in many
Makefiles soon, and some of the sed uses are in "!=" lines.

--apb (Alan Barrett)