RE: [Axiom-developer] Compiling

[Bill Page]

On Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:45 PM David Mentre
address@hidden wrote:

> ... 
> On that subject, you should consider to have a look at: 
> "Recursive Make Considered Harmful " 
> http://www.tip.net.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html
> 

Thank you David. I found the article very educational.

It seems to me that Peter Miller's observations apply
quite directly to the current Axiom makefile structure.
Perhaps the process of constructing a single make file
for Axiom would help to identify the dependency cycles
with which Tim is currently struggling. In a complete
makefile such dependencies ought to generate error
message even before the build process begins. Right?

Regards,
Bill Page.