[phobos] linux.mak + osx.mak = GNUMakefile

[Don Clugston]

On 27 July 2010 20:24, Andrei Alexandrescu <andrei at erdani.com> wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>>
>>
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>>
>>> I was building Phobos on OSX when I ran into a makefile bug that I'd
>>> fixed in linux.mak. It was still present in osx.mak. I noticed the files are
>>> virtually identical, so why not merge them?
>>>
>>> Since the one thing that linux.mak and osx.mak have in common is the fact
>>> that they're understood by gnu make (as opposed to win32.mak which is used
>>> by Walter's own make utility), I'm thinking the new makefile should be
>>> called GNUMakefile. That name is actually understood by gmake which means no
>>> more -f.
>>>
>>> I'm operating this change and will check in soon, please let me know if
>>> you foresee any issues.
>>>
>>
>> I prefer to keep them separate because:
>>
>> 1. It's very simple for the user to tell which makefile is for what
>> system. With win32.mak and GNUmakefile it's wtf?
>
> It's "Oh, for gnu make I use GNUMakefile".
>
>> 2. While they may be the same now, in the future they may be fairly
>> different.
>
> I prefer to keep things factored together. Again, I am motivated by the
> heavy current duplication and the fact that I fix bugs in one makefile and
> then encounter them in the second.
>
> By the way, I compel you to start using cygwin and gmake on Windows so we
> can unify the three. We should revisit the "I tried cygwin and I don't
> remember why it didn't work well" status.

Requiring cygwin on Windows would reduce the number of potential
contributors on Windows by 90%.
I reckon we should eventually aim for:
> rdmd druntime
> rdmd phobos
In the long term, I can't see any reason for using make at all.