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From: crm@duke.cs.duke.edu (Charlie Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: "build" --- version of make(1) with search paths
Message-ID: <11694@duke.cs.duke.edu>
Date: 5 May 88 16:51:04 GMT
Organization: Duke University CS Dept.; Durham, NC
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I read recently of a version of make(1) called --- I think --- build,
which allowed paths to be established for files in the dependencies
lists.  This modification makes it possible to build personal variants
of a system, using files from the path rather than just the local
directory.

For example, with a file-path of .:/usr/local/src/foo,
a makefile

#	example
foo: foo.o bar.o
	cc -o foo foo.o bar.o
bar.o:
	cc -c bar.c

could go get the missing foo.o file (if it existed) from
/usr/local/src/foo.

This would be a great help during our current development; I'd
appreciate if anyone can tell how this can be obtained.


-- 
Charlie Martin (crm@cs.duke.edu,mcnc!duke!crm)