I promised some time ago to take a look at fixing the behavior of the
Makefiles with non-GNU make, but it doesn't realistically seem that I will.
CC: Ed Maste <ema...@freebsd.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>
---
INSTALL | 11 ++++++-----
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5d62a90..a96f774 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Build Requirements
To compile the userspace programs in the Open vSwitch distribution,
you will need the following software:
- - A make program, e.g. GNU make. BSD make should also work.
+ - GNU make.
- The GNU C compiler. We generally test with version 4.1, 4.2, or
4.3.
@@ -192,15 +192,16 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to
build.
additional environment variables. For a full list, invoke
configure with the --help option.
-3. Run make in the top source directory:
+3. Run GNU make in the top source directory, e.g.:
% make
- On FreeBSD you may need to use GNU make (gmake) or NetBSD make
- (bmake) instead of the native make.
+ or if GNU make is installed as "gmake":
+
+ % gmake
For improved warnings if you installed "sparse" (see
- "Prerequisites"), add C=1 to the "make" command line.
+ "Prerequisites"), add C=1 to the command line.
4. Consider running the testsuite. Refer to "Running the Testsuite"
below, for instructions.
--
1.7.2.5
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