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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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On 2004-12-28 09:53, Len Zettel <zettel@acm.org> wrote:

> Are there any serious differences between GNU make and the FreeBSD
> make command?

Yes.  These two programs serve a similar purpose and you may carefully
write Makefiles that use a very minimal feature set of both that happen
to work on any of the two, but they are a lot different too.

> Will the information in the GNU make manual be relevant?

The information in the GNU make manual applies to GNU make.  You can
install GNU make using the ports though:

    % pkg_info | grep gmake
    gmake-3.80_2        GNU version of 'make' utility
    % which gmake
    /usr/local/bin/gmake
    % gmake --version
    GNU Make 3.80
    Copyright (C) 2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
    There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
    PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    %