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From:
Jarkko Hietaniemi
Date:
April 30, 2001 04:52
Subject:
Re: [PATCH: perl@9885] win32/Makefile (nmake) update
Message ID:
20010430065143.C13102@chaos.wustl.edu
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:02:53PM +0400, ÷ÁÄÉÍ ëÏÎÏ×ÁÌÏ× wrote:
> > We really do need a Win32 make champion who will unify the Makefile
> > and makefile.mk by creating a win32/makemake.pl or similar that would
> > generate both makefiles.
> 
> I thought that new files in win32/ subdir (starting with "buidext.pl",
> "FindExt.pm") are steps towards that unifying.
> Am I wrong?

No, you are right.

> And, if it will appear that GNU make is currently good enough, will it be
> possible to migrate to it?

If we start supporting a third make we *definitely* need to unify :-)

> Best wishes,
> Vadim.

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