Re: automake -vs- huge projects

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> writes:

>> $(CC) -c -o $@ `$(CYGPATH_W) $<`

Bob> An simple (but ugly) approach would be to define $(CYGPATH_W) to
Bob> 'echo' when not compiling under Cygwin.

We already have much worse hacks.  But ideally we'd be reducing the
amount of weird code we generate, trying to streamline compilations as
much as possible (hence the fast-dep stuff).

Bob> It seems to me that perhaps 'CYGPATH_W' is misnamed or the use is
Bob> outdated.

It's entirely possible.  This use probably dates to the original
Cygwin port of automake and most likely has been carried forward
without examination or modification since then.

Tom