Perhaps I should start posting topless then :) Well Allan, if you can't see the benefits of this, then I shouldn't bother mentioning the KISS philosophy. Also, for instance, compiling gcc and gcc-libs would reduce time and costs for the developers. and what that is supposed to achieve? > also explain the separation of the build function into separate functions > The depends array that you demonstrate does not work in bash. Can you > > This message also demonstrates why top posting is annoying... >