[darcs-users] darcs patch: rename GNUmakefile to Makefile.

zooko zooko at zooko.com
Mon Aug 11 00:47:06 UTC 2008


For what it is worth the GNU folks and the FreeBSD folks both agree  
that one oughtn't name a makefile which requires GNU make "Makefile".

Also, the new version of emacs has different parsing rules for  
makefiles depending on whether the file is named "GNUmakefile" or  
"Makefile".  Presumably emacs's makefile-mode will parse the darcs  
makefile more correctly if it is named "GNUmakefile".

Here is the ticket on allmydata.org to discuss the Tahoe makefile,  
which is currently named "Makefile":

http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/499

Regards,

Zooko


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