allan@qtlon.UUCP (Allan Pick) (11/25/83)
does anyone have a make that works well with rcs on 4.2bsd? Thanks in advance, Allan {decvax,cbosgd,vax135}!qusavx!qtlon!allan ukc!qtlon!allan
guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) (12/02/83)
We have a version of System III "make" that runs under 4.2BSD and checks files out automatically when they are needed. It doesn't use the S3 "make"s SCCS scheme, it has built-in knowledge of RCS which makes various things work better. Among other things, if you put in your own ".c.o" rule you don't have to also add a ".c~.o" rule; i.e., 99% of all Makefiles should not have to be changed to support RCS other than making sure *all* dependencies are listed (if they aren't listed "make" doesn't realize that the file is needed and doesn't bother checking it out) - then again, you should always list all dependencies anyway or "make" can't do the job it's supposed to. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy