Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Use standard features (IMPORTANT: default prefix changed)

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hi Alex,

On 5/10/21 7:13 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On 5/10/21 1:39 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>>> - Specify shebang
>>
>> Why? It's not quite obvious to me, and the commit message
>> should really explain...
> 
> Hmmm.  I have some minor reasons to add it, but not a really good one.
> 
> * Some editors don't recognize 'Makefile' as a special name, so the 
> shebang helps detecting which language the file is using (e.g., for 
> coloring).
> 
> * I tend to subdivide a big Makefile into a small Makefile and many 
> submakefiles stored in <./libexec/>.  Those obviously need different 
> names, and given that the makefile extension is not very standard (I use 
> .mk), having a shebang helps knowing what the file is.  After that, I 
> also have it on the main Makefile for consistency.   But here we only 
> have one Makefile, so it doesn apply very much.

I think I'll remove it. It is kind of idiosyncratic, leaves the
reader asking "why?".

Thanks,

Michael


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