From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6693 invoked by alias); 4 Jun 2014 18:33:01 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 6678 invoked by uid 89); 4 Jun 2014 18:33:00 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:32:59 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s54IWpUV014417 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 4 Jun 2014 14:32:54 -0400 Received: from barimba ([10.3.113.4]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s54IWo0h015402 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 4 Jun 2014 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: Pedro Alves Cc: Hans-Peter Nilsson , binutils@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Require GNU make? References: <201405201619.s4KGJpRg002591@ignucius.se.axis.com> <201405281315.s4SDFpU2031819@ignucius.se.axis.com> <20140528141505.GJ6679@bubble.grove.modra.org> <53870721.3080402@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:33:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <53870721.3080402@redhat.com> (Pedro Alves's message of "Thu, 29 May 2014 11:08:33 +0100") Message-ID: <87a99sbk4u.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2014-06/txt/msg00042.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves writes: Pedro> I was kind of hoping binutils would start requiring it, so Pedro> we could use it as excuse for GDB to require it as well. :-) FWIW, to do actual development on gdb, you pretty much need GNU make -- dependency tracking only works with GNU make. I think the argument for Makefile portability was pretty strong 15 years ago, but isn't very important now. I'm in favor of switching. Tom