From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: require GNU make to build emacs? Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:38:03 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200802242344.m1ONihq5014668@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203907096 3057 80.91.229.12 (25 Feb 2008 02:38:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:38:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 25 03:38:41 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JTTEn-0005ou-GX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:38:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTTEH-00018U-P7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:38:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTTED-00018D-Hp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTTED-00017j-6W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTTED-00017e-0r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from 76-10-156-249.dsl.teksavvy.com ([76.10.156.249] helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTTEC-0000aN-Ps for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:38:04 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5BBEA78368; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:38:03 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200802242344.m1ONihq5014668@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:44:43 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:90339 Archived-At: > Shouldn't we require GNU make to build Emacs? It is widely available, > and excellent too. It works on all platforms we support. > Having a modern make should help simplify the makefiles and maybe the > whole build process. > GCC has required GNU make for 3-4 years without any problems. I don't think we should worry about it now, Stefan