Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:54:41 +0000 From: Desmond Chapman <que_deseja@hotmail.com> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: need help with vbox Message-ID: <BLU126-W35B1C6E35288446D2348D2ED330@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <gd71nn$mnr$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <BLU126-W3895D1CBA824D05E30D5A2ED330@phx.gbl> <gd70g0$kge$1@ger.gmane.org> <48F70904.8000702@cran.org.uk> <gd71nn$mnr$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Gentleman, I agree with both of you. Thanks for everything. ---------------------------------------- > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > From: ivoras@freebsd.org > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:32:48 +0200 > Subject: Re: need help with vbox > > Bruce Cran wrote: >> Ivan Voras wrote: >>> Desmond Chapman wrote: >>> >>>> It's dependent upon kbuild. Since the developers have no intention of >>>> fixing the issue, I would like a tutorial on converting the kmk file >>>> to a normal Makefile. >>>> >>> >>> What is kmk? Google only shows it's used with VirtualBox and nowhere >>> else. If it's something the authors of VirtualBox created, you'll have >>> to ask them. >>> >> >> Apparently it's the tool used to build kbuild >> (http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/wiki/kmk, http://kbuild.sourceforge.net/) >> projects. It seems it's what the Linux kernel build system uses. > > Well, this seems to sum it up: > > """ > Why not use vanilla GNU make? There are several reasons: > ... > # Finally, because we can. :-) > """ > _________________________________________________________________ When your life is on the go—take your life with you. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/115298558/direct/01/
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