Re: [PATCH] new makefile for fbcon

Martin Dalecki (dalecki@cs.net.pl)
Sun, 14 Nov 1999 01:08:13 +0100


Matthias Andree wrote:
>
> Dominik Kubla <dominik.kubla@uni-mainz.de> writes:
>
> > Nice, but... Too many GNU-isms. GNU make is not half as good as many people
> > believe, so you won't gain overly much by using it's specialities.
>
> You are using GNU make for kernels, GCC, GAS and so on, don't you? So
> why bother forcing the make environment to Posix?
>

Becouse there is no gain in using ever single GNU "extension" out there:

1. They are non standard.
2. They are fluent withing versions of the progamms.

See for example just the problems with the binutils. Or better the
wonderfull incompatibilities between bash-1.14 and bash-2.0xx

Second it maybe desirable in esp. for embedded environments to make
the whole system as lean as possible and then... you certainly should
better
make a big circle around many of the GNU versions of the system tools.

--
	Marcin Dalecki

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