Makefiles [offtopic]

[Mike Steed]

> From: Courageous [mailto:jkraska1 at san.rr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:22 AM
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Makefiles [offtopic]
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> > that would be
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> >      SRC:=$(wildcard *.C)               # more efficient
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> Yeah, I've known that for a long time, just never fixed it.
> Funny how you get lazy once everything's working, huh? :)-
> 
> > I'll go along with you in saying that GNU make is the best
> > implementation of make available, but that does not mean it is the
> > best tool ever for managing builds. I work on a project totaling
> > 2200 lines of Makefiles, and it's hard to fix bugs in without 
> > creating new errors.
> 
> What *is* the best tool for managing builds?

I'm not prepared to claim that jam is the best tool, but it is certainly a
step up from make(1), and it's here now.

http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html

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