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Diffstat (limited to 'makefile.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | makefile.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -36,10 +36,24 @@ open_default_makefile(const char **pathp) "alternatives are ./makefile and ./Makefile"); find_existing_fallbacks: + /* This serves two purposes: to inform the user that + * we are only checking one of the files, and which + * would (which is printed earlier), and to information + * the user that it can be confusing. It is not common + * practice run make(1) to generate ./makefile from + * ./Makefile and (either immediately or by running + * make(1) again) built the project from ./Makefile, + * although that certainly can be useful if there are + * parts of the makefile you want to generate, such + * as .h file dependencies for .c files in very large + * projects that have many .h files and many .c files + * that each only depend on a few .h files. + */ for (i++; i < ELEMSOF(default_makefiles); i++) if (!access(default_makefiles[i], F_OK)) - warnf_warning(WC_EXTRA_MAKEFILE, "found additional standard makefile: %s", - default_makefiles[i]); + warnf_confusing(WC_EXTRA_MAKEFILE, + "found additional standard makefile, this be confusing: %s", + default_makefiles[i]); return fd; } |