Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:15:08 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD make vs. GNU make Message-ID: <20070417171508.GA12577@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <f64556f70704170928t2ac20ee3x12b7e46eef1a2b37@mail.gmail.com> References: <f64556f70704170928t2ac20ee3x12b7e46eef1a2b37@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2007, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote: >Hi, > >This might be a dumb question, but would like get a clear idea about >the differences between BSD make and GNU make. Why do I have to do >'gmake' in some cases instead of just plain 'make'? > >What's the differences? The gmake program has many extensions which tend to be used in the gnu automake, autoconf, libtools system. I suspect that gmake will work with most non-gnu Makefiles, but the reverse is not true. There's a pretty good book, ``GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool'' by Vaughan, Elliston, Tomey, and Taylor. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 The only logical reason to take guns away from responsible people is to give irresponsible people an edge in the perpetration of their crimes against us. -- The Idaho Observer, Vol. 1, No. 2 February 1997
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