Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:16:46 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mkmf on Linux?? Message-ID: <20101015101646.GA47849@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <20101015012031.GA28439@thought.org> References: <20101014233028.GA26845@thought.org> <20101015010017.GA36117@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20101015012031.GA28439@thought.org>
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--tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 06:20:32PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 03:00:17AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 04:30:32PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > I tried my first minor build of an unusual program [that only a > > > CLI geek like me would use]. But can't find the mkmf that I've > > > used for years. I haven't found anything comparable in the > > > Linux world. Has anybody else out there gotten our old '93 src > > > mkmf installed on Linux? > >=20 > > Even on FreeBSD mkmf 4.11 needs some patching to compile (as evidenced = by the > > devel/mkmf port), so I expect same goes for Linux. Maybe the FreeBSD pa= tches > > work? > >=20 > > Roland >=20 > We'll see. I have entirely forgotten howto use > uuencode/uudecode [!!] -- well, it's been at least 13 years--so=20 > carefully transferring things by hand. Why not use netcat or rsync? Or copy the files to a USB stick to transfer i= t? Haven't had use for uuencode for at least a decade. > Anyway, there is the 32 and 64 bit issues... . Compiles and runs fine here on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64, except for a warn= ing about mktemp. > gary >=20 > PS: be nice to see [*esp'ly* ubuntu] get with it; maintain the > older stuff. Even if it was back in the Eozoic:) A lot of people use the blighted evil twins autoconf and automake. Writing plain makefiles seems to be relegated to us greybeards these days. :-) and while a tool like mkmf is fine, I stick to my own makefile templates that I= 've developed over the years. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAky4Kg4ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXnZACeKSS6ti/zudGScPUIsWzYguef vT0An20hO0Kgbjuu7LzU3MrOc/idm8Hz =idp3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--
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