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In article <9210052258.AA01624@pepper.ncd.com> mellon@pepper.UUCP (Ted Lemon) writes:

> I'm trying to use GNU Make on some of our makefiles internally, but
> I find that we use a feature present in 4.3-Tahoe and SunOS make,
> which is that you can add stuff to the end of a variable definition by
> using a += operator; e.g.,
> 
> FOO = bar
> FOO += baz
> 
> Would result in foo being set to ``bar baz''.   I notice that this
> functionality is implemented differently in GNU make - a := operator
> has been introduced which evaluates the RHS before assigning to the
> LHS (I'm not entirely clear on how this works, but I'm sure it will be
> evident when I spend a little time playing with it).
> 
> The problem is this: I am now stuck with having to choose which
> implementation to support - GNU Make doesn't support the += construct,
> and SunOS/BSD Make doesn't support the := construct.   Does anybody
> have any plans to do anything about this, or am I putting my foot in a
> religious debate by bringing this up?
> 
> 			       _MelloN_

Seems pretty clear to me.  You can easily port Gnu to any other system, but
you can't port Sun Make to any other system.  I find Gnu make is much more
functional than Sun's make.
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