Re: intltool rule patch

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 05:06:14PM +0100, Kenneth Rohde Christiansen wrote:
> 
> >You were using rules of the form
> >    %.o : %.c  command...
> >
> >This is not strictly correct for gmake.
> 
> OK, but you said that the ; might not be portable? So my question is, 
> is it a good idea to commit this patch to CVS? If we agree on that, 
> then feel free to commit Jacob.
> 
> Or is Jody's idea better? and portable?

1) /most of the idea is Jacob's (credit where credit is due)
2) The current construct is not correct for gmake
3) The current construct has the same portablity problems as Jacob's proposal.
4) the $(wildcard) function is gmake specific