Subject: Re: make: absolute path for Makefile in errors.
To: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@quick.com.au>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 01/04/2001 00:52:17
>> you can't really do that.  you don't know where you'll really end up
>> after the ..'s, due to symlinks.
>
>So its only used in a controlled environment.

of course.

>Anyway, I take it that no one actually objects to knowing which
>Makefile blew up?  Cool.  

i think that no one is overly concerned about the increase in
informational overhead.  :)

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