Re: auto-dependency generation via patterns on make 3.8.2

Yes I agree with both Basile & Kaz. It was very simple to switch to
tracking a list of sources. In the future I will simply be sure to select a
more modern version of make.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 6:04=E2=80=AFAM Basile Starynkevitch <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 2025-10-13 at 18:50 -0400, Yclept Nemo wrote:
> > As a variation of [1], I am trying to implement auto-dependency
> generation
> > without tracking a list of sources (SRCS). I've managed to get everythi=
ng
> > working on make 4.4, and with a few hacks everything except empty recip=
e
> > forcing for pattern rules on make 3.8.2.
>
>
> You definitely should compile GNU make 4.4 (or later) from its source
> code, which you can fetch from many places.
> That takes less than an hour (at least if you don't enable GNU guile).
>
>
>
> Of course you need a C compiler (but I hope you can download a binary
> obtained from gcc.gnu.org ...) and I guess you have one
> (probably if you don't build software you might not need GNU make).
>
> Regards
>
> PS. Once you have a working GNU make and other utilities and are able to
> recompile and rebuild and reinstall GNU make I suggest compiling GNU guil=
e
> and having another make with GNU guile enabled inside it
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