Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/make

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20241110023915.09CD6F971%cvs.NetBSD.org@localhost>,
Simon J. Gerraty <source-changes-d%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
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>Module Name:	src
>Committed By:	sjg
>Date:		Sun Nov 10 02:39:14 UTC 2024
>
>Modified Files:
>	src/usr.bin/make: main.c make.1
>
>Log Message:
>make: allow -f .../Makefile
>
>If the arg to -f or an entry in .MAKE.MAKEFILE_PREFERENCE
>starts with ".../" look for the rest of the path in .CURDIR
>and above.
>
>Reviewed by: rillig

I don't like these magical conventions that do not match filesystem
behavior. For example what happens if there actually is a "..." directory?
I can certainly make one... Why don't use a keyword instead to indicate
the operation?

christos