Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:36:09 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Changes to make (not) Message-ID: <199806270436.OAA15514@cimlogic.com.au>
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Please avoid making changes to make(1) sources that rely on functions that aren't commonly available in other versions of UNIX. The recent changes that involve asprintf() mean that I can't do a bootstrap build of the FreeBSD sources using NetBSD/Alpha. This is not so much a problem to me now that I don't rely on doing that, but there are some who _are_. To see how compatible the make sources are with another Unix, I tried the Makefile.dist on OSF/1 V3.2 today and I find that several unresolved references (asprintf, snprintf, errx, ...). I think we should keep the code for the basic build tools (like make) portable. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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