Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:09:46 +0100 From: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" <wundram@beenic.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make not working gmake works Message-ID: <200802181609.47086.wundram@beenic.net> In-Reply-To: <1563a4fd0802180702y439a9fb1k6eaa059051f667d1@mail.gmail.com> References: <1563a4fd0802180702y439a9fb1k6eaa059051f667d1@mail.gmail.com>
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Am Montag, 18. Februar 2008 16:02:34 schrieb navneet Upadhyay: > I have a Makefile . It works well with Linux versions when i use make > command.The make command fails on FreeBSD but gmake works fine. > > Any clues on this behavior? make != gmake on *BSD. BSD-make (i.e., make) is a completely different beast from GNU-make (i.e., gmake). Generally, Makefiles written for one (except for very simple ones) won't run under the other, and vice-versa. man make should get you started on the BSD-make syntax and its featureset. -- Heiko Wundram Product & Application Development
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