Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:36:44 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compiling FreeBSD on Linux Message-ID: <20011106083644.A2190@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011106175916.V35710@k7.mavetju.org> References: <01cb01c1668e$1cea7080$4e05720a@wipro.com> <20011106175916.V35710@k7.mavetju.org>
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On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 05:59:16PM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 12:11:46PM +0530, Venkata Rajesh Velamakanni wrote: > > Recently I have downloaded FreeBSD and tried compiling sbin/routed > > on a Linux machine. > > > > But I could not compile it as the Makefile syntax is slightly different. > > > > Does anyone know an option in make, which is compatible with FreeBSD.. > > or do I need to modify these makefiles. > > I can tell you that... > ... the *BSD Makefiles have a slightly different syntax than the GNU Makefiles > ... the *BSD code will have non-linux-supported code in it > ... you should have more luck on using a routed which was > shipped with your original Linux distribution, for example for Red > Hat: http://www.redhat.com/swr/src/routed-0.17-6.src.html > > Edwin > Edwin is right of course ! Doubly right on anything to do with "system" level things like networking. There is a version of FreeBSD make available for Linux I believe, if you are hell bent on wasting your time. I believe it goes under the name of "pmake". -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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