On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 09:33:51PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 10:58 AM Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This is our first use of eval in the Makefile, but that goes back to GNU > > make v3.80, which is from 2002. I think that should be OK. > > Upon reading this, I was worried that it might trip up Mac OS which > has (often very) old versions of tools, but it's alright in this case, > as Apple ships GNU 'make' 3.81 from 2006. They're certainly good at keeping old versions of things around. :) I wonder if it's due to a switch from GPLv2 to v3. My understanding is that's why they'll keep bash 3 around forever, and the GPLv3 was published in 2007, between GNU make 3.81 and 3.82. Anyway, I think we're good, but thanks for double-checking. -Peff
