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make or similar in Python

Markus Kohler markusk at bidra241.bbn.hp.com
Wed Jul 28 05:32:48 EDT 1999 
"T. C. Mits" <71351.356 at compuserve.com> writes:

> Howdy:
>     Funny, I'm searching for the exact same thing.
> 
>     My idea is to use XML as a repository for the dependencies and other
> required configuration properties.  A Python script will query the db and
> generate dynamic makefiles.   A pain is that this has to work on NT and Unix
> and perhaps even by web based via Servelets.
> 
> 
> Greg Wilson <gvwilson at nevex.com> wrote in message
> news:378390DD.58CA6BD5 at nevex.com...
> > Hi, folks.  Has anyone ever written a dependency management/update tool
> > (like 'make') in Python?
> > I'm not looking for something that reads makefiles, and happens to be
> > written in Python; I'm looking
> > for a Python module that users import, then provide data to, in order to
> > manage dependencies.  (The
> > answer I got from the Perl crowd was 'cool idea, but no'; I'm hoping
> > I'll have more luck here.)
> > Thanks,
> > Greg (who'd really, really like to override some of the things that
> > GNU make does)
> >
> >

Ask sam at mitre.org for PyMake. 


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