Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:12:23 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Micha=EBl_Le_Barbier?= <michael.le_barbier@laposte.net> To: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD's make under Linux Message-ID: <48026927.7020303@laposte.net> In-Reply-To: <200804130234.04004.pieter@degoeje.nl> References: <E204EAB0-A79F-4B01-A7FF-4D51FEAA2631@laposte.net> <200804130234.04004.pieter@degoeje.nl>
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Pieter de Goeje wrote: > On Saturday 12 April 2008, Michaël Le Barbier wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> a few years ago, I tried to use FreeBSD's make under GNU/Linux, and >> thanks >> to `jpd' on c.u.b.f.misc, I managed to build FreeBSD 4.7's make under >> some GNU/Linux systems. Having a couple makefiles using make's features >> that were introduced after 4.7, I would like to build a more up-to-date, >> make. >> >> Before I start, I am double checking nobody has done the job yet, and >> nobody has it in the works. So, if you know anything about this, I >> would be very happy you share the info with me! >> >> By the way, I am not sure the way FreeBSD's make program should be >> called: the divine documentation in the PSD refers to `pmake', as >> well as some source files, but Mac OS X uses `bsdmake', and in many >> FreeBSD's docs it is just `make'. > I know that ubuntu/debian systems have a package called freebsd5-buildutils > which includes "freebsd-make", perhaps you can use some of there work. Thank you, this program works (provided one uses a combination of MAKEFLAGS and -m to feed the program with a sys.mk in a nonstandard location). It is however not modern enough, since it does not understand `sinclude' ... nice to know about it, though.
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