Subject: Re: make: making .WAIT recursive
To: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
From: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@crufty.net>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 02/20/2006 12:38:33
>I have a patch at
>ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/apb/make.20060217.diff
>which causes .WAIT to work recursively.  I think it's ready
>for general testing.

Cool.  The patch looks reasonable (though I've not fully digested it).

>The patch also adds a regression test, which the existing make(1)
>fails, but which the patched make(1) passes.

The test case looks pretty comprehensive - thanks!

--sjg