Looking for a make version to better support software versions

[Keith Cantrell]

In article <1440 at jimi.cs.unlv.edu> jack at jimi.cs.unlv.edu (Jack Alexander) writes:
Jack>
Jack>Hello:
Jack>
Jack>I have a need for a make-type program that will allow recompilations
Jack>to be dependent on the changing of compiler definitions (i.e., "-DVERSIONB")
Jack>The problem is that I have many megabytes of code that have to support
Jack>many, many different versions of basically the same program.  Because I
Jack>want to keep the guts of the system the same, whereever a slight
Jack>modification is needed for a particular version, I just make the code
Jack>segment conditional using #ifdef's, #ifndef's, etc.  However, when I change
Jack>a compile variable, I don't want to re-compile every file (some directories may
Jack>have 50 source files each), just the ones that actually reference the variable.
Jack>
Jack>Has anybody heard of any such program?  Does anybody else need such a program?
Jack>If the need is terrific, I may endeavor to hack it into gnu make.  If I do
Jack>this, I would appreciate any recommendations.
Jack>
Jack>-- Jack Alexander

Yes, go out and buy an Apollo and use DSEE.  It keeps up with not only the
version of source that goes into making an object, but all the command(s), and
options to the commands, as well.


Keith

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