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[Kyle Nitzsche <kyle.nitzsche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/11/2011 04:53 PM, Kevin Godby wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Kyle Nitzsche
> <kyle.nitzsche@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Done with revision 81.
> Thanks!
>
> With regard to the Makefile, I'm wondering if it wouldn't behoove us
> to switch the build stuff over to a shell script.  (We could still
> have a Makefile that calls the shell script, of course.)
>
> Right now things are scattered amongst various shell scripts and the
> Makefile. It might be better to consolidate it neatly into a single
> shell script.
>
> (This is something I've been thinking of doing with the ubuntu-manual
> project, too, as I seem to have broken the Makefile over there
> somehow.)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --Kevin
In general, I agree. Makefiles are rather fragile and picky.

If so, would you prefer bash or python?

Cheers,
Kyle