From Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>  Tue May  5 17:36:33 1998
From: Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch> (Martin Maechler)
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 18:36:33 +0200
Subject: make and all that..
In-Reply-To: <x290ohb1kv.fsf@biostat.ku.dk> (message from Peter Dalgaard BSA
 on 05 May 1998 09:48:16 +0200)
Message-ID: <199805051636.SAA04565@sophie.ethz.ch>


>>>>> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard BSA <p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk> writes:

     ......

    PD> I know there's a lot of tradition and conventions in how to setup
    PD> makefiles, but wouldn't it be handy with a "rebuild" type target?

    PD>		rebuild: realclean R

I like your proposition!

(and I won't be the one who writes an ./Install shell script!

 I personally think, 'make <target>' should be enough;
 however, I agree that the documentation could be improved.

 I don't expect people who don't read an ./INSTALL or ./README file
 to install or run R...
)

Martin
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make and all that..
Martin Maechler