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From:
Jim Cromie
Date:
September 28, 2011 17:58
Subject:
Re: [perl #98788] fix gmake-isms added previously
Message ID:
CAJfuBxwB+OVsAiU4LqxPpNm3pyqMHbO6DhENeucwN9uLav-MwA@mail.gmail.com
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Tony Cook <tony@develop-help.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 04:50:49PM -0600, Jim Cromie wrote:
>> 1 - fixes gmake-isms  by adding those ?= conditionals only on linux,
>> which uses gmake by default
>>
>> 2 - emit valgrind* targets only on linux.
>
> valgrind is available on darwin* too.

whats the $osname:$osver value to use in the cases ?

>
> Why is the gmake-ism is needed?

its not essential.
I tried it, it worked as Id hoped, I moved on.

For the fix, Nicholas outlined 3 choices,
I chose 1, since that also moved towards
supporting a  test.perf target.

> Variables set on the make
> command-line should override those set in the Makefile.

Id expect ?= to work that way, however the var was previously set.

>
> Tony
>
> * though apparently not on Lion
>

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