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Date:      Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:39:31 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        "Mohammed Shaikh (Satyam Computer Services)" <v-mshaik@microsoft.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make issues on freebsd
Message-ID:  <20040811203931.004a5863.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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"Mohammed Shaikh (Satyam Computer Services)" <v-mshaik@microsoft.com> wrote:
                                                       ^^^^^^^^^
                                                    Is this a joke?

> What is the best place to get it? I tried
> www.freshports.org/devel/gmake/
> 
> But I got confused as there are too many links and its not clear what
> exactly to do, to get it installed on my freebsd machine. I am
> relatively a newbie so please help

Stop making your life difficult:

cd /usr/ports/devel/gmake && make install clean

then use gmake instead of make.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Lashley [mailto:patl+freebsd@volant.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:25 PM
> To: Mohammed Shaikh (Satyam Computer Services);
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: make issues on freebsd
> 
> --On Wednesday, August 11, 2004 17:19:52 -0700 "Mohammed Shaikh (Satyam
> Computer Services)" <v-mshaik@microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have a program that can be compiled with no problems on SuSe Linux
> but
> > when I try it on freebsd it gives plethora of errors. I have just
> copied
> > the whole directory tree from SuSe Linux machine onto freebsd machine.
> > Can Anyone PLEASE help as I have to submit the compiled stuff on
> freebsd
> 
> It is probably using make constructs that are specific to GNU make.
> If you haven't already done so, install the devel/gmake port and try
> using 'gmake' instead of 'make'.
> 
> 
> 
> -Pat
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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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