Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:21:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: MALCOLM BOFF <Malcolm_Boff@compuserve.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: make and gnu make Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980322232027.12642G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199803200715_MC2-3768-EB10@compuserve.com>
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On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, MALCOLM BOFF wrote: > Can anyone tell me whether or not gnu make provides support for the > tilde (~) rules as used by SCCS or not as the FreeBSD 'make' does not. No clue. > As an aside the FreeBSD make seems very non-standard from the versions > of 'make' that I have always used in the past and certainly doesn't look > like the 'make' described in ORA. Why is that ?? The FreeBSD make comes directly out of 4.4BSD, and is thus dubbed ``BSD make''. It is quite strict in syntax. I believe the ORA book uses Solaris make which is a bastardization of make. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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