Date: Mon, 18 May 92 16:48:05 -0400
From: unifi!yigal AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET (Yigal Hochberg)
To: uunet!herky.cs.uiowa.edu!williams AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET
Cc: djgpp AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET
Subject: gnu make
Status: O


> 
> No, I don't think gnu make has been updated to handle long command lines,

GNU make builds response files for a given set of commands (msc link and lib,
pkzip/unzip etc.). It is hardwired but since in comes with sources, one can add
more commands that take @file.

> but I always go the generic way and build response files with echo.

Building a response file with echo, is in many cases not a good idea because
the echo line itself is sometimes too long.  In some make dialects
the "!" can be used for repetition but it is not supported by GNU make.

- Yigal

 
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