Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:55:27 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: [patch] PH tells crap about GMAKE (Was: Re: svn commit: r340018 - head/textproc/scew) Message-ID: <20140127085527.GA84465@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401251735370.2111@wonkity.com> References: <201401170910.s0H9Aw9O087448@svn.freebsd.org> <20140117093546.GA16656@FreeBSD.org> <20140117095020.GD4006@gahrfit.gahr.ch> <20140117141440.GA94157@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401240922210.87046@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401251735370.2111@wonkity.com>
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On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 05:38:11PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > I would like to be more specific in this part: > > Quite often, a specific implementation is required, like GNU make, or > legacy FreeBSD make. > > I think that should say: > > Quite often, a specific implementation is required, like GNU make > (gmake), or legacy FreeBSD make (fmake). > > Is that correct? For FreeBSD, technically yes, it is correct; however, in GNU/Linux distros GNU make is installed just as "make" (no `g' prefix). That said, if you want to be even more accurate, you could say: Quite often, a specific implementation is required, like GNU make (known in &os; as <command>gmake</command>), or legacy &os; make (<command>fmake</command>). ./danfe
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