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From: merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz)
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Subject: Re: **** make file in another dir -- help !! ****
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Date: 31 Aug 90 18:39:37 GMT
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In-Reply-To: nieters@copernicus.crd.ge.com (coolbean)

In article <NIETERS.90Aug31132201@copernicus.crd.ge.com>, nieters@copernicus (coolbean) writes:
[example using templates deleted]
| We run this using Sun's make but I don't think there is anything particularly
| exotic to this example that won't work on "normal" make.

Normal least-common-denominator V7 Make had nothing of the sort (just
default extensions).  Your solution is therefore most unportable, but
if it works, it works great.  (Sys V Make has that too, I think, but
Sys V is not Unix.  Sigh.)

Luckily, GNU Make has similar facilities, so there is a way to
implement your solution for just a little effort and time on nearly
any box.

Just another old-time Unix hacker,
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