Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes:
SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
>
> > SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
> >> Is there a volunteer to create such a Makefile? You can assume that
> >> the template will be passed the names of the manual(s), that there
> >> is no need to worry about dependencies of source files (they're
> >> really handled in the canonical-for-XEmacs sources), and you can
> >> assume GNU Make is being used.
>
> > Is GNU make really needed? Not all of us are running under Linux.
>
> GNU make is very much needed for package building the same as it is
> required to build XEmacs with the --srcdir flag.
Since when has GNU make been required to build with --srcdir? I am
getting very worried by this.
GNU make is only required to build if you try to use a directory that
already has a configured system in it as your --srcdir. Otherwise it
should work ok. I think this is a valid case to require it. Or, what I do
in my autoconf stuff here at work - just bitch and refuse to do it. :)
If it doesn't then it's a heinous bug and needs to be fixed.
_I_ can require GNU make for our build process at aventail because we
have a limited # of source licensees and I can make them dance as much as I
want, but to force this requirement on everyone that wants to compile
XEmacs is unacceptable.
-Bill P.