Re: Required make version - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Required make version
Date
Msg-id 20080227135328.GC5694@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Required make version  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Required make version  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> How about we use order-only prerequisite only if present, and use the
> ugly or undesirable way as fallback?  I see that you can find out if
> your Make version supports it by checking .FEATURES.

I think this can be used with a conditional like

ifneq (,$(findstring order-only,$(.FEATURES)))
...
endif

I am not sure I understand the problem being complained about to propose
a more specific patch.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.


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