Matt D. Robinson wrote:
> I personally think the definition of an environment variable to point to
> a header file location is the right way to go.
I see two disadvantages of this, compared to a script:
- need to hard-code a default (unless we assume the variables are always
set)
- the way how environment variables are propagated
A script-based approach has the advantage that one can make a single
change (to a file) that instantly affects the whole local environment
(be this system-wide, per-user, or whatever). So there's no risk of
typing "make" to that forgotten xterm and an incompatible build
starts.
I like environment variables as a means to override auto-detected
defaults, though.
Also, environment variables don't solve the problem of conveniently
providing other compiler arguments (the kmodcc idea - the problem is
very old, but I think it's still not solved).
- Werner
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