[bug 0.7.0rc1] Makefile + xargs errors

[Jari Aalto]

Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net> writes:
>> > > I don't ever use 'make clean' myself. I would even consider removing the
>
> I like it for several reasons:
>  * its a predictable interface for folk familiar with most open source
> source builds

I concur. Porting the packages and making them avabale to other
platforms requires predictable interface. The de facto has been
Makefile with targets:

     all
     dist
     distclean
     realclean
     clean
     install

with varibales like

     DESTDIR
     prefix
     ...

> Oh, and I've seen more people confused by python projects *without*
> makefiles, than by such projects with makefiles that do nothing for
> 'all'.

Right. How many people know what to do with Perl packages shipping
with:

       Makefile.PL

(raise your hands...). Similarly it was shock to see

       setup.py

instead of "Makefile". I've now gotten past it ... :-)

Jari