Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:42:20 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Assaf Gordon <agordon@wi.mit.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'make' behavior in FreeBSD-10 ? Message-ID: <5331254C.5050301@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <53307B1E.4080704@wi.mit.edu> References: <532F1A58.30702@wi.mit.edu> <44siq7wjwi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <53307B1E.4080704@wi.mit.edu>
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On 24/03/2014 19:36, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > On 03/24/2014 02:06 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to track down an issue in compiling 'autotools' packages that appears in FreeBSD-10 . >>> (I'm not a frequent FreeBSD user, so it's possible I'm missing something - any help would be appreciated). >> >> Is automake specifically what you're trying to build, or are the other >> questions relevant as well? >> >> This is relevant because it sounds as though you are not trying to use >> the FreeBSD ports (or pkg; they're really the same thing in terms of >> what gets installed) system. That's the usual way such a thing would be >> done, and the exceptions are almost entirely people who would be able to >> answer such questions for themselves. > > I'm trying to build a package that uses autotools+automake, and should be built with "./confgure && make". Just use "./configure && gmake" and you'll be fine. The assumption that make == gmake is simply wrong on FreeBSD. And the syntactical differences are so huge that only the most primitive makefiles can be made compatible without a complete recode. > To rephrase my previous question, to a very narrow technical issue: > Is there a way to make such a "makefile" complete successfully on FreeBSD: Yes, use gmake. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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