[webkit-dev] New build system for gdk/linux

[Krzysztof Kowalczyk]

On 10/16/06, Kevin Ollivier <kevino at theolliviers.com> wrote:
> > * one, non-recursive makefile (for some it might be disadvantage;
> > supposedly recursive makefile should be considered harmful)
>
> What do you mean by recursive makefiles?

A Makefile per directory, with a top-level makefile descending into
those subdirectories and invoking (recursively) those makefiles. Seems
to be most popular variant of Makefile-based build systems, although
some consider it harmful
(http://www.pcug.org.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html) when
compared to a single-file Makefile.

-- kjk