Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:36:15 -0600 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which make in freebsd? Message-ID: <20031103153614.A60426@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20031103213106.GB41848@clan.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 09:31:06PM %2B0000 References: <20031102010136.44997855.beyert@cs.ucr.edu> <xzpfzh6apma.fsf@dwp.des.no> <3FA5EC15.2C7F1656@emailrob.com> <xzpznfdeth8.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20031103213106.GB41848@clan.nothing-going-on.org>
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* Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> [ Date: 2003-11-03 ] [ w.r.t. Re: which make in freebsd? ] > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 09:39:31AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > rob spellberg <emailrob@emailrob.com> writes: > > > Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > > > gmake is inferior in most ways that matter. > > > why? > > > > Most noticeably, the lack of .for / .endfor. > > No equivalent for .USE, at least the last time I looked, is a pain. There are many clever things you can do with BSD make which make life a lot easier (and don't hurt for job security). Last time I tried to do such with GNU make, it didn't work. Many hours were spent trying to get their macro system to generate rule contents, if not rules, in useful ways, to no avail. juli. -- juli mallett. email: jmallett@freebsd.org; efnet: juli; aim: bsdflata; the finer things keep shining through the way my soul gets lost in you
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