Thus spake Roman Neuhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have another p?make related question, though. I've searched the > archives, but cannot find an answer: what is the actual relation between > "our" (FreeBSD) make, and pmake? It looks like our make is an old fork, > is that right? Also, is there a package of our make? Does it build on > other OSes? > > I need to run my newly created Makefiles on one sorry RedHat box, and > the pmake package just doesn't cut it. So, since I couldn't find any > other rpm on redhat.com, what are my chances should I, say, want to use > /usr/ports/Mk/* on Linux? (Not that this is actually the case, my > Makefiles are pretty simple.)
Just about all `make' implementations in use today are mutually incompatible; pmake and gmake are no exceptions. If you want to write portable makefiles, you have to settle for the lowest common denominator, which is POSIX. Though it pains me to say it, if you just care about RedHat and FreeBSD, you might as well write your makefile for gmake and install gmake on FreeBSD from ports. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
