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Date:      Tue, 27 Jun 2000 12:33:13 +0100 (BST)
From:      Mac <mac@ngo.org.uk>
To:        David.Larkin@djl.co.uk (David Larkin)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make & gmake
Message-ID:  <200006271133.MAA03423@ngo.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <39588170.782CB0A1@DJL.co.uk> from David Larkin at "Jun 27, 0 11:26:57 am"

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> For the record, I think I've  worked out what is going on.
> 
> The resulting /usr/local/bin/make seems to do the job in PostgreSQL.
> 
> I guess /usr/local/bin/make is gmake under another name.


Indeed.

One of the single most confusing things in the whole GNU utilities.

It's known as 'gmake' when being discussed (to distinguish it from all
other 'make's), but the executable's name is 'make'.



                       Mac


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