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Re: [Chicken-users] problem building chicken 4.8.0.3 on mac 10.4
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Felix |
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Re: [Chicken-users] problem building chicken 4.8.0.3 on mac 10.4 |
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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:47:39 +0200 (CEST) |
From: Jim Ursetto <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] problem building chicken 4.8.0.3 on mac 10.4
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:12:37 -0500
> Was that prior to the makefiles being completely rewritten, though?
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> Maybe the rewrite uses a feature not available until 3.81, rather than being
> a bug in 3.80.
Yes, I guess this is the case. The makefiles used to be really ugly, but simple,
using no hacks, just a lot of duplication. Refactoring over time has added more
and more metaprogramming hacks (eval, call, etc.), which may not be supported on
older make versions.
cheers,
felix