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Date:      Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:40:23 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OT: BSD Make vs. GNU Make
Message-ID:  <20020115214022.GL46308@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020115211225.GF7588@raggedclown.net>
References:  <76814591@toto.iv> <15424.21077.645527.90299@guru.mired.org> <20020115211225.GF7588@raggedclown.net>

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In the last episode (Jan 15), Cliff Sarginson said:
> Mmm.
> I have heard of BSD make.
> I have heard of Gnu make.
> I have used all sorts of other makes.
> The standard ones on Solaris, HP, BSD, Aix ... are all different in one
> way or another. (In fact almost anything by HP in terms of the basic
> tools looks like it should have been left off the ark when the rain
> started falling).
> 
> For portability GNU is a better choice if you work in a
> multi-versions-of-unix environment as I do. It was, last time I
> looked, available on all the platforms I was using.

For portability use automake, which will generate Makefiles that any
make can run.  That way you don't have to force yuour users to install
anything.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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