J@sri-unix (06/22/82)
Date: 9 Jun 82 19:49:07-EDT (Wed) It seems that MAKE does not work well with SCCS archives. (whenever SCCS updates the archive, it updates the mod time). This causes make to think that EVERY version of a file has been updated, not just the ones most recently added. When building files to an old delta level, this causes excessive compilations etc. Has anyone noticed/fixed this problem? I am thinking of doing it my making MAKE read the archive headers, but wanted to know if anyone else had a better idea. -JCP-
jce (08/02/82)
A little while ago, i asked if anyone knew how to construct a make rule that would convince make to get sccs files from other than the current directory. I got lots of responses, and they all fell into one of these categories: a) you have to have a dependency for each file to be gotten from the other directory b) if you find out, tell me too In other words, no, there evidently is not a way to make a general rule. Thanks to all who responded. John Eldridge harpo!floyd!jce
smb (08/03/82)
We took a different point of view; we changed SCCS to use suffixes instead of prefixes. Thus, we have a rule to map a .c+s to a .c, a .y+s to a .y, etc. --Steve Bellovin duke!unc!smb smb.unc@udel-relay