[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Hack to disable implicit rules

[Måns Rullgård]

Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 09:43:34AM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> Reimar D?ffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> writes:
>> 
>> > Hello,
>> > since I've only recently seen them causing issues (mostly due to MinGW and
>> > Cygwin make being broken most of the time) and found a way that seems
>> > to disable them (although maybe more as a side-effect), I'd like to propose
>> > this patch.
>> > What are your opinions?
>> > Index: common.mak
>> > ===================================================================
>> > --- common.mak	(revision 21840)
>> > +++ common.mak	(working copy)
>> > @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
>> >
>> >  all: # make "all" default target
>> >
>> > +# disable suffix rules, we do not use them and like this we avoid (most?)
>> > +# implicit rules which might cause slowdowns or bugs
>> > +.SUFFIXES:
>> > +
>> 
>> Does this fix an actual problem?
>
> Not for FFmpeg, no.

Then it serves no purpose.  Code (in the broader sense) without a
purpose does not belong in FFmpeg.

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