Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:14:50 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need bsd make for AIX Message-ID: <4C92DD2A.4030609@telenix.org> In-Reply-To: <i6ud3a$151$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <OF66948B23.1E4881FC-ON652577A0.0026454D-652577A0.00265C0A@tcs.com> <i6ud3a$151$1@dough.gmane.org>
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On 09/16/10 20:34, Ivan Voras wrote: > On 09/16/10 08:58, srividya.k@tcs.com wrote: >> Hi >> Is there any BSD make versions available for AIX platform? >> We require the make utility of BSD to compile few source programs. >> >> Is there any make utility compatible with AIX? Could you please give us >> the URL where we can get the same? > > FreeBSD's make is an integral part of the FreeBSD file system. It is not > created to be compatible across systems, but it is also not created to > prevent this kind of porting. Wow. I disagree. It's been modified over the years to depend heavily on a set of libraries that are available nowhere else but FreeBSD. This was done (from what I can see) in the name of elegance ... because the actual functions ARE available elsewhere, but a bunch of modifications need to be added, no possible way is it going to compile anywhere else. I ported it a few years ago to Linux, so I know it can be moved, but it's not a trivial job. Too bad, because it's a fine tool, and all those mods added no functionality that I can see.
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