Re: Makefile

[GrayFace <sergroj@...>]

No on both questions.

On 15.06.2010 19:28, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> I didn't get much feedback from my posting about Makefile targets:
> 	http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-05/msg00353.html
>
> Now I'm privately considering whether we need a top-level Makefile at
> all: it's merely an executable documentation of which files normally go
> where but it's not essential to building or even installing Lua. Users
> of the Lua interpreter need to install only one file. Developers need a
> handful more. Both audiences know where they want to put those files, so
> we could just leave the decision of where and how to install the needed
> files to them! Or to downstream packagers.
>
> The situation of src/Makefile is slightly different: it is an executable
> documentation of which files depend on which (which gcc can generate)
> and of which flags work in which platforms (which is a pain to discover
> if you don't know). But src/Makefile is not really needed if you only
> want to build the Lua interpreter: use etc/all.c (or etc/one.c in 5.2).
>
> Again, my motivation is to have the simplest possible files that are
> helpful but not a source of noise. So perhaps we can simplify the Makefiles
> and still be useful without being in the way of users and packagers.
>
> Quick poll: you know and use the Makefile targets below?
>
> Makefile:
> 	all clean test install uninstall local none echo pecho lecho
>
> src/Makefile:
> 	default all o a clean depend echo none
> 	aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
>
> All feedback welcome.
>
>
>
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