Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:47:42 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Soo-Hyun Choi <s.choi@hackers.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD make vs. GNU make Message-ID: <1176889662.1540.6.camel@zoot.mintel.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <f64556f70704170928t2ac20ee3x12b7e46eef1a2b37@mail.gmail.com> References: <f64556f70704170928t2ac20ee3x12b7e46eef1a2b37@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-LH7AxebmbnjCGMePEZ1/ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 17:28 +0100, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote: > Hi, >=20 > This might be a dumb question, but would like get a clear idea about > the differences between BSD make and GNU make. Why do I have to do > 'gmake' in some cases instead of just plain 'make'? >=20 > What's the differences? >=20 > Thanks, > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" Slightly OT, but if the software you are building requires GNU make, the best solution is to rename the Makefile to GNUmakefile, which will be found and used by GNU make but not by BSD make. As many others said, GNU make has many many features and extensions over BSD make, to support autotools mainly. --=-LH7AxebmbnjCGMePEZ1/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGJek3lcRvFfyds/cRAqAJAJ9eFgRU+rhtn27dVBww8bG+MGb7kgCfWhb2 mqFIfrjiTtSr4vlvw0KTAtY= =9vuA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-LH7AxebmbnjCGMePEZ1/--
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