FVWM: Re: Re: 2.0.39 Solaris 2.5BETA compilation problems

From: Mark Borges <mdb_at_cdc.noaa.gov>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 10:28:16 -0700

>> On Fri, 17 Nov 1995 09:57:58 +0000 (GMT),
>> Mark Powell(M) wrote:
>> From: mdb_at_cdc.noaa.gov (Mark Borges)
>>
>> The R6 version of imake likes this syntax:
>>
>> EXTRA_LIBRARIES .= XPM_LIBRARIES
>>
>> which, as you might guess, prepends XPM_LIBRARIES to EXTRA_LIBRARIES.
>>
>> I couldn't find this behaviour documented, but if it is a standard
>> thing I would think that would be the way to go.

M> I tried it on SunOS4 and it didn't work.

M> Lines of this nature aren't interpreted by imake, they just get copied
M> to the Makefile, so I suspect this is a feature of `make' on your
M> system, not R6's imake.

Thanks for pointing that out. Yes, I was being sloppy, and GNU make
was doing what I wanted. Probably the more portable solution is to use
the `+=' syntax, which is recognized by all the makes I have access
to: GNU make, Solaris-2.3 make, SUNOS4 make.

  -mb-



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