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From: johna@haddock.ima.isc.com (John Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: make(1)
Keywords: small rinky-dink 286-like grumble
Message-ID: <14206@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 7 Aug 89 14:56:21 GMT
References: <58@calcite.UUCP>
Reply-To: johna@haddock.ima.isc.com (John Adams)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston
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In article <58@calcite.UUCP> vjs@calcite.UUCP (Vernon Schryver) writes:
-Am I the only person in the world who thinks that make(1) should be compiled
-so that '-d' works? 
-I guessed history was a good enough reason make(1) was built small in Microport
-3.0e.  Finding the same restriction in ISC 2.0.2 has made me wonder if someone
-at AT&T is asleep at the helm.
 
Let's see.  The latest documentation I could find about -d was an old Sys III
manual.  But I tried it anyway under ISC 2.0.2.  It worked!  What's your
complaint?  Have you tried to use "make -nd"?  Do you have some axe to grind
with Interactive?

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