Re: [LTP] Revising LTP Makefile infrastructure

[Subrata M. <su...@li...>]

On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 09:43 -0400, Nate Straz wrote:
> On May 19 02:18, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> > 	The makefiles are mostly done (the top-level ones that LTP touches,  
> > i.e. not the ballista and other subproject makefiles as LTP isn't the  
> > maintainers and those should be fixed upstream), but there's some sort  
> > of misunderstanding on my part as to how define's and variable  
> > scoping, lifetime, and rule evaluation are done with GNU make(1) with  
> > include'd Makefiles, so I've punted the ball back up-court until I can  
> > get some helpful answers from them, as their documentation is slightly  
> > confusing.
> 
> Are you converting to a non-recursive build?  I made the transition
> in one of my projects and there were a few things to keep in mind.  
>  1. All variables are global and can get overwritten in includes.
>  2. It's best to do everything before including the next makefile.
>  3. Target-specific variables are the best thing since sliced bread.
> 
> I'd be willing to look at your patch and try to resolve the confusion
> you're having.

Nate,

I am happy that you will be reviewing it.

Garrett,

I would like to have a very good document highlighting the changes and
their benefits.

Regards--
Subrata

> 
> > 	So far my diff is ~190KB large.
> 
> Is that all?  ;)
> 
> Nate
> 
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