On 2013-09-05, Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, you didn't directly answer my question of "What make are you using?"
> but I guess that, since you're quoting a POSIX standard, it's not GNU
> Make. I'm pretty certain that we explicitly assume the build is under
> GNU Make.
>
> Robert, is that correct?
Well, it's not really my say-so, but usually I'd recommend against
unnecessary assumptions. Usually.
There are probably various non-POSIXisms floating around in the build
machinery, shell scripts, etc. Whether that's deplorable, or laudable,
I don't know at the moment.
best
Robert Dodier